Raspberry Tassies Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Generously spray 28 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. In food processor, place almonds. Cover; process until finely ground.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, almonds, melted butter and cream cheese until soft dough forms. Shape dough into 28 (1-inch) balls. Press 1 ball in bottom and up side of each muffin cup.
• Bake 12 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Using end of wooden spoon handle, press deep well into center of each cookie cup. Cool completely in pans on cooling racks. Twist to remove from pans.
• In small bowl, mix lemon curd and raspberry jam. Spoon about 1 teaspoon mixture into each cookie cup. Top with dollop of whipped topping, 1 raspberry and mint leaf.

Steps:

• For candied lemon zest: Remove zest from lemons with a vegetable peeler, keeping pieces long. Remove white pith using a paring knife, and finely julienne using a very sharp knife. Place julienned zest in a small bowl; cover with boiling water. Let stand for 30 minutes; drain.
• Bring 1 cup sugar and the cool water to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. When sugar is completely dissolved, add julienned zest, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand overnight. Remove zest, and drain on wire rack. Roll in sugar. Dry on wire rack. Store zest in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees with rack in upper third. Lightly butter a 24-cup mini-muffin pan; set aside. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, combine the flour and butter. Pulse until mixture is the consistency of fine crumbs. Add the sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, lemon zest, and salt. Process until evenly incorporated and smooth; do not overprocess.
• Divide the dough into quarters. Divide each quarter into 6 pieces. Shape into balls. Place each ball in a muffin cup; press down in the centers so that the dough fits the cups snugly. Set muffin pan on a baking sheet.
• Bake until lightly browned all over and slightly darker at the edges, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer baking sheet with muffin pan to a wire rack to cool.
• Make the filling: In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla until completely smooth. Using a 1/4-ounce ice cream scoop, fill the cooled crusts. Bake until filling is set and just beginning to color at the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer muffin pan to a wire rack. Garnish with candied lemon peel. Let cool completely before serving. The tassies may be stored in an airtight container, refrigerated, for up to 3 days.

Steps:

• blend softened butter and cream cheese.stir in flour.mix to combine.chill.
• divide dough into 24 balls.press into sides and bottom of small miniature muffin tins --
• fill with prepared filling.
• to prepare FILLING:.
• put 1/2 tsp raspberry preserves into each unbaked shell.
• use your fingers to combine sugar and almond paste -- add egg yolks, one at a time, beat well as you ad each yolk -- blend in other ingredients --
• spoon into shells on top of preserves.
• bake at 400* for 15 minutes.
• cool in pans on rack before removing from miniature tins -- .

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS:.
• 1. Prepare Chocolate Pastry. Heat oven to 375°F Divide pastry in 24 balls. Evenly press each ball on bottom and sides or 24 ungreased 1 3/4-inch muffin cups, using floured fingers if necessary; set aside.
• 2. For filling, in small saucepan heat and stir chocolate and butter over medium-low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in egg, sugar, liqueur, and vanilla. Spoon 1 scant tablespoon filling in each pastry shell.
• 3.Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until pastry is firm and filling is puffed. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Run sharp thin-blade knife around tassie edges; carefully remove from pans. Cool on wire rack. Pipe or dollop on a small amount of Chocolate Buttercream.
• 4. To store, refrigerate tassies in single layer in airtight container up to 3 days.
• CHOCOLATE PASTRY:.
• In food processor combine 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder, and dash of salt; pulse to combine. Add 1/2 cup cold butter, cut up. Cover; process until crumbly. In small bowl whisk together 1 egg yolk and 2 tablespoons cold water. Add to processor; pulse until a dough ball forms (add water if dry). If needed, cover and refrigerate until easy to handle.
• CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM:.
• In a medium mixing bowl beat 1/4 cup softened butter on medium-high for 30 seconds. Gradually beat in 1 cup powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder. Beat in 2 tablespoons milk. Gradually beat in 1 cup powdered sugar until piping consistency.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Beat egg, sugar, and almond paste together.
• Divide raspberry preserves among pastry-lined mini muffin cups (about 1/2 teaspoon each).
• Spoon 1 level teaspoon of the almond mixture over the preserves.
• Sprinkle with chopped sliced almonds.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.