Grasshopper Vertical Tart
This is an impressive and fun dessert full of chocolate and peppermint flavors. The vertical ring of crust is crisp and bittersweet while the filling is cool, creamy, sweet, and refreshing. This can also be made as a pie with an easy no-bake chocolate cookie crust, see notes. I like to make this up the day before I plan to serve it. Garnish with some whipped cream and chocolate curls and/or fresh mint leaves.
Servings: 10
Calories: 261kcal
Ingredients
Black Cocoa Pastry
- 3 1/3 tablespoons butter or butter flavored coconut oil for dairy-free (50g)
- 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon monk fruit powdered (25g)
- generous pinch salt 1/2g
- 1 egg yolk (17g)
- 1/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon defatted almond powder (50g)
- 2 tablespoons black cocoa (15g)
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
Filling
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 1 teaspoon stevia glycerite
- 2 cups heavy cream or cashew cream or coconut cream for dairy-free
- 2 tablespoons cup cocoa butter
- 1/16 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- green food color natural, to taste
To Assemble
- white chocolate bar sugar-free
- mint leaves fresh
Instructions
For the Crust
- In a medium bowl, beat the butter until it is light and fluffy. Add the monk fruit, salt, and egg yolk and beat again until light and fluffy. Add in the almond powder, cocoa powder, and baking powder and beat until the batter comes together (It should have the consistency of play dough and be very smooth).
- Press into a ball and then roll between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Cut into strips and transfer to 6, 3-inch tart rings. Refrigerate for 30 minutes (you can wrap and freeze the lined tart for up to 2 months – when baking, don’t thaw the pastry, just add a couple more minutes to the baking time).
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line the dough in the tart rings with parchment paper and fill with pie weights (rice works well). Bake at 350ºF for 8 minutes. Remove parchment and weights and bake another 8-10 minutes, until firm – they will crisp up more when cooled. Remove from oven and cool completely and set aside (if they are not firm when cool, return them to the oven and bake for another 5 minutes). These can be made up to a 2 days ahead of time and stored at room temperature.
For the Filling
- Line 3-4, 2 3/4-inch tart rings with acetate strips. Set lined tart rings onto a sheet of acetate in a rimmed baking sheet and set aside.
- Whisk the egg yolks until smooth in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Combine the gelatin, stevia, 3/4 cup cream, cocoa butter, and salt in a medium pan and let stand for 5 minutes to allow the gelatin to rehydrate. Heat over medium heat until the gelatin dissolves and the cocoa butter melts. The mixture should steam but not boil.
- Slowly stream the hot cream mixture into the egg yolks while whisking the yolks constantly to temper them (prevent the eggs from scrambling). Return the mixture to the pan and continue to cook on medium until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes or so.
- Remove from heat and stir in the peppermint and green color, to taste. Transfer to a bowl and let stand at room temperature, stirring occasionally until the mixture has a slight wobble but is not yet set, about 20 minutes.
- Beat the remaining 1 1/4 cups cream to stiff peaks with an electric mixer. Whisk about 1/3 of this cream into the wobbly mint cream to lighten it. Fold in the remaining whipped cream until smooth.
- Divide the cream between the acetate lined tart rings and smooth the tops. Transfer to a freezer and freeze until set, about 1 hour and up to overnight.
To Assemble
- When the cream is set, remove from tart rings and peel off the acetate. Dip a knife in hot water and wipe it dry. Cut each round in half.
- Set each tart shell on its side and place a cream half inside.
- Make chocolate curls by scraping a knife across the surface of the chocolate bar. Sprinkle over top of the cut surface of the cream. Finally, place a mint leaf on top and serve.
Notes
You can also make a simpler version of this – the grasshopper pie. Simply double the filling recipe. Use the easy, no bake crust recipe below.
Crust:
- 1 1/4 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/4 cup black cocoa
- 1/4 cup monk fruit, powdered
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
Nutrition Facts
Grasshopper Vertical Tart
Amount per Serving
Calories
261
% Daily Value*
Fat
26
g
40
%
Saturated Fat
16
g
100
%
Trans Fat
0.2
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
6
g
Cholesterol
122
mg
41
%
Sodium
83
mg
4
%
Potassium
80
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
4
g
1
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
5
g
10
%
Vitamin A
901
IU
18
%
Vitamin C
0.3
mg
0
%
Calcium
44
mg
4
%
Iron
0.4
mg
2
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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