Culinary Experiment #1: Chocolime Tarts
Jun. 13th, 2006 12:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ruI've decided to start documenting my adventures in cooking in a more formatted way, and as such are naming them as experiments, seeing as many of them really are. I think even new recipes out of a cookbook are experiments in their own right, since one's trying them out for the first time, and you never really know how they'll turn out, in that instance.
But in this instance, this is something I've created on my own, modifying a key lime pie recipe and adding a second recipe to it. I took the normal key lime pie recipe I've been using, and instead of putting it into one big crust, I put them into 12 little tart crusts. After baking them, I made some chocolate ganache using a second recipe I found, stuck that on top, and then threw them into the fridge to chill.
My initial reaction to this experiment is that they baked okay, and I think I have something here, as indicated by my own tasting and through the analysis of my official taste tester (who goes by the name "Dad"), but the chocolate portion needs work. As is, it's much too weak to stand up to the intense limey flavor. I'm guessing I need to either find a stronger chocolate, or decrease the amount of cream in the recipe. Hm. This'll require some more experimentation.
But in this instance, this is something I've created on my own, modifying a key lime pie recipe and adding a second recipe to it. I took the normal key lime pie recipe I've been using, and instead of putting it into one big crust, I put them into 12 little tart crusts. After baking them, I made some chocolate ganache using a second recipe I found, stuck that on top, and then threw them into the fridge to chill.
My initial reaction to this experiment is that they baked okay, and I think I have something here, as indicated by my own tasting and through the analysis of my official taste tester (who goes by the name "Dad"), but the chocolate portion needs work. As is, it's much too weak to stand up to the intense limey flavor. I'm guessing I need to either find a stronger chocolate, or decrease the amount of cream in the recipe. Hm. This'll require some more experimentation.