Anyone that knows me knows I am not a baker, noooo way! I can’t bake for toffee but I do like desserts, therefore whenever I’m celebrating I have a go to dessert that doesn’t require any baking but plenty of chocolate – perfect!
The Problem…
I’m pretty certain that my inability to bake is pretty much down to the fact I very rarely follow a recipe, I really do start off with the best intentions but then I get what some would called distracted, I call it ‘creative’… Call it what you will I openly admit being ‘creative’ when trying to bake doesn’t work for me. I’m pretty certain that this has to do with my day job being a scientist which is much like a chef in that we do follow recipes to exceptionally high standards and weigh things out to hundredths of a gram so when I get home I like to release my creativity…. That’s my excuse anyway.
No-bake All The Way
However you don’t need to ‘bake’ to create a celebratory dessert. My go-to dessert is usually in the form of chocolate laden truffle, mousse or ganache. This all stemmed from a dessert I made for my Mum’s Birthday, ‘The Boozy Bumble Brandy Pots’ ….I really must write out the recipe so simple and so effective. This time I have decided to do a Chocoberry Tart. Which is basically the most amount of chocolate and cream you can possibly fill into a double (yes double) chocolate cookie pie crust… With a few berries tumbled in for health 😉 … So here’s my recipe for a sumptuous chocolate and Nutella berry tart in a double chocolate Oreo cream cookie crust.
No-bake Chocoberry Tart
Double chocolate Oreo cookie butter crust, filled with raspberries smothered in rich chocolate and Nutella ganache and topped with chocolate dipped strawberries!
Ingredients
- 2 packets (approx. 30 biscuits) Oreo double chocolate cream biscuits
- 1/2 cup (110g) of melted butter
- Handful of fresh raspberries
- 200g milk chocolate
- 200g dark chocolate
- 300ml double cream
- Couple of dollops of Nutella
- Chopped nuts of your choice
- 1 punnet of fresh strawberries
- Melted chocolate
- Fresh berries (e.g. blueberries, raspberries, redcurrants)
Directions
- Step 1 Blitz Oreo biscuits in a blender and blitz until fine crumbs form. For this I used my Nutribullet – which for me multi-functions as a fantastic nifty little gadget that I use for making smoothies, soups, cocktails, spice blends, fine crumbs, basically anything a food processor can do – I just love how compact it is which suits my little kitchen. I found I had to do this in two batches, as I could only find Oreos with cream in this caused the mixture to become sticky and compact quite quickly (which is what you want but doesn’t help when trying to blend the biscuits in one go.
- Step 2 Place Oreo cookies into the bowl of a food processor and blend until crumbs form. Add melted butter and pour over crushed cookies. Process until evenly moistened. Press cookie mixture with the back of your spoon or fingers into the bottom edges of a cake tin, place in fridge while preparing the filling.
- Step 3 Heat In a saucepan , place cream over low-medium heat for a few minutes to get hot. No boiling or simmering needed. Remove from heat and pour over broken chocolate pieces and let rest for 1 – 2 minutes. Stir until dissolved. Pour chocolate filling over Oreo crust and top with fresh strawberries. Refrigerate for at least two hours or overnight before serving.
- Step 4 Serving suggestion: This is a very rich sumptuous chocolatey tart, the raspberries in the base help cut through the sticky chocolatey richness, however I think a slab of this gooey chocolate tart would be perfect with some zingy and refreshing ice cold strawberry or raspberry sorbet… and a glass of Strawberry bubbly of course!
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This looks too yummy for words! Chocolate and chocolate and berries…it doesn’t get much better that that. By tge way, I love your cooking philosophy
Thank you so much! It was a bit too yummy… Far to easy to eat! Thank you for the compliment, I love your tag line on your blog ‘unearthly delights to feed your soul’ that draws me right in… can’t wait to check out your posts later
Yumolicious! 🍓
I LOVE this word! I shall be using it all the time from now on, thank you!
I’m pleased beyond measure. Blessings. 🍓