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Three Chocolate Orange Ganache Tartlets on a white plate with one cut in half.
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Chocolate Orange Ganache Tartlets

A recipe for Chocolate Orange Ganache Tartlets! These small tartlets have a rich and decadent chocolate ganache filling with a hint of orange.
Course Dessert
Cuisine N/A
Keyword chocolate, dessert, ganache, orange, tart, tartlet
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings 24 Tartlets

Ingredients

Pastry Crust:

  • 2 cups (250 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup (65 grams) powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup (35 grams) almond flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 10 tablespoons (140 grams) unsalted butter chilled and diced
  • 2 large eggs

Chocolate Orange Ganache Filling:

  • 12 ounces (340 grams) dark chocolate chips or chopped
  • 1 cup (240 milliliters) heavy cream
  • 1 large orange zest
  • 4 tablespoons (60 grams) unsalted butter diced

Instructions

To make the pastry crust:

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, powdered sugar, almond flour, and salt.
  • Quickly cut in the cold butter using a dough blender, two forks, or your fingers until blended and no pieces are larger than a pea and the dough has a crumbly texture.
  • Mix in the eggs to bring the dough together until smooth.
  • Form the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour or up to two days.
  • Grease 24 tartlet cavities with butter.
  • On a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of wax paper, roll the refrigerated dough into an even, thin circle about 1/8 inch (3 millimeters) thick.
  • Cut out circles of dough using a cutter slightly larger than the width of the tartlet pans.
  • Press each circle into the prepared pan. Bring together the scraps of dough and roll out again, then cut if needed to make more circles.
  • Place the prepared tartlet pans in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 325˚F (160˚C).
  • Cover each circle of dough in the pan with parchment and add pie weights or uncooked rice. Bake in the preheated oven until set and lightly golden, 12-15 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and set aside for a few minutes before carefully removing the pie weights. Cool to room temperature before filling.

To make the Chocolate Orange Ganache:

  • Pour the cream into small saucepan over medium heat. Right before coming to a boil, remove from heat and add the dark chocolate. Allow to rest for 30 seconds to 1 minute before whisking until smooth.
  • Stir in the orange zest, followed by the diced butter until melted and glossy.
  • Divide the ganache among the cooled pastry crusts with a piping bag or a large spoon.
  • Refrigerate the tartlets until chilled, 2 hours to overnight, before serving.