Apple Chocolate Crumble Tarts

This week, I was craving for apple desserts, especially tarts.

I have some low-fat sweet short pastry left in my fridge, so I was looking for a simple recipe to fulfil my urge for apple tarts then I came across this blog post (Chinese).

The apple chocolate crumble tart is a perfect combination to me as I'm a chocoholic & I love apples.

There is no need to make custard filling, just chopping apples & chocolate.

I adapted the recipe slightly mainly because I didn't have some ingredients & I didn't want to go shopping for them.

The tarts are great, I ate two soon after it's out of the oven.

I think it's best served when it is hot, a crispy tart base coupled with a melting centre, yummy!

Recipe (6 x 10 cm tarts)

Low-fat sweet short pastry:

adapted from '吃不胖甜点 Low-fat Desserts' (Chinese)

40g unsalted butter

35g caster sugar

1 egg white

50g ground almond

110g plain flour

10g milk

1/4 lemon peel

In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy.

Add egg white & beat to mix.

Sift in the ground almond & plain flour, mix to combine.

Add milk & lemon peel, mix to combine.

Wrap the dough in plastic film & refrigerate for several hours (2-4 hours).

Roll the dough into 2mm thick & fill the moulds, make holes with a fork & bake in a preheated oven at 150'C for 10 min.

Let the tart shells cool completely on a wire rack.

Crumble:

50g unsalted butter (soften)

50g sugar

50g chopped almond

80g plain flour

Mix all ingredients until it resembles breadcrumbs & refrigerate before use.

Apple & chocolate filling:

2 apples

50g dark chocolate

Peel, core & chop the apples.

Chop chocolate into pieces.

Assembling:

Fill the apple dices on the tart shells, spread chocolate over it,

Spread the crumble mixture to cover the top, bake in preheated oven at 180'C for 30-40 min (until golden colour).