Chocolate Coconut Strawberry Layered Tart … in one word, DELICIOUS!

Chocolate Coconut Strawberry Layered Tart… In one word – DELICIOUS! With Spring here and the weather warming up quite alarmingly, strawberries are at their ripest and juiciest best. This is one layered tart that I love making when strawberries are in plenty. The flavours come together beautifully, and the layers quite easily!

I absolutely love desserts with strawberries and you’ll find a load of them on the blog, and perhaps even more on my recipe feed on Instagram @pabrecipes. I tend to post more often there as I love the visual appeal of the platform. You can also find the assembly reels on my main feed @passionateaboutbaking. Did I tell you that everything is eggless now?

This eggless chocolate tart is quite special – a quick biscuit base, a light chocolate layer, then a finger licking good vanilla bean coconut custard, followed by my most favourite part – a deep red flavourful strawberry jelly . The jelly made from scratch and set with agar agar is packed with fruity flavour and sliced strawberries stirred through. The slight tartness really pairs well with the other layers.

If you have strawberries in season, then make this please! Or save it for them they show up!

Chocolate Coconut Strawberry Layered Tart

A quick biscuit base, a light chocolate layer, then a fingerlicking good vanilla bean coconut custard, followed by my most favourite part – a deep red flavourful strawberry jelly . The jelly made from scratch and set with agar agar is packed with fruity flavour and sliced strawberries stirred through. The slight tartness really pairs well with the other layers.

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Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

  

Biscuit base

• 100 g digestive biscuits
• 40 g clarified butter/ghee melted, cooled

Chocolate layer

• 185 g cream
• 75 g dark chocolate chopped
• 1.5 tsp cornflour
• 1/2 tsp agar agar
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 30 g brown sugar

Vanilla coconut layer

• 185 g coconut milk
• 40 g cream
• 1 tsp agar
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 1/2 vanilla bean shell
• 2 tbsp raw sugar

Strawberry layer

• 250 g strawberries sliced
• 50 g brown sugar
• 2 tbsp water
• 1/2 tsp agar agar

Instructions

 

Biscuit base

• Preheat the oven to 170C.
• Live a square 6″ dessert mold with heavy duty foil.
• Run the biscuits in a blender or crush in a ziploc.
• Stir in the cooled clarified butter and transfer to the prepared tin. Press the crumbs firmly into place to make a base.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes until light golden brown.
• Cool completely on a rack while you make the chocolate layer.

Chocolate layer

• Whisk together all the ingredients in a heavy bottom saucepan until lump free. Simmer over low heat stirring constantly until the chocolate melts and thickens to a custard consistency. Whisk well, then strain and cool slightly.
• Pour over the cooled biscuit base and place in the freezer for 30 minutes until firm to touch.

Vanilla coconut layer

• Whisk together all the ingredients in a heavy bottom saucepan until lump free. Simmer over low heat stirring constantly until the mixture thickens to a custard consistency. Whisk well, then strain and cool slightly. Gently pour over the chocolate layer and place in the freezer for 30 minutes until firm to touch.

Strawberry layer

• Reserve 50g sliced strawberries.
• Place remaining strawberries, sugar and water in a heavy bottom saucepan and stir well to mix.
• Simmer over low heat stirring constantly until the berries break down and release their juices.
• Strain the syrup, return to the saucepan and stir in the agar agar. Simmer for 3-4 minutes. Cool slightly and stir in the reserved strawberries.
• immediately pour over the set vanilla coconut custard and return to the freezer to set, approximately 20 minutes.
• Leave to set in the fridge overnight.
• Slice with a serrated knife.

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