{"id":433,"date":"2009-04-24T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2009-04-24T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T12:56:00","slug":"chocolate-blackberry-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbitsabroad.com\/?p=433","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Blackberry Tarts"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=0 align=left hspace=10>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wishiwerebaking\/3462907685\/in\/set-72157605139625187\/\" target=_blank title=\"Chocolate Blackberry Tart\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3542\/3462907685_40dec06011_t.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wishiwerebaking\/3462976363\/in\/set-72157605139625187\/\" target=_blank title=\"Chocolate Blackberry Tart\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3630\/3462976363_8953e98af5_t.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wishiwerebaking\/3462994743\/in\/set-72157605139625187\/\" target=_blank title=\"Chocolate Blackberry Tart\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3561\/3462994743_f2272bdcb7_t.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wishiwerebaking\/3463827380\/in\/set-72157605139625187\/\" target=_blank title=\"Chocolate Blackberry Tart\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3627\/3463827380_487a1fb725_t.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wishiwerebaking\/3463022965\/in\/set-72157605139625187\/\" target=_blank title=\"Chocolate Blackberry Tart\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3559\/3463022965_8212d0b221_t.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wishiwerebaking\/3463039605\/in\/set-72157605139625187\/\" target=_blank title=\"Chocolate Blackberry Tart\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3514\/3463039605_29d9c95ff1_t.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p class=Indent>Every now and again we pick up something strange (well, OK, <b>I<\/b> am the one who picks it up, usually).  And then &#8230; and then, it sits in the cupboard, waiting for someone to feel inclined to deal with it.  This time, I had picked up some soy chocolate custard.  In a box.  It had instructions on how to boil it, to create &#8230; custard.<\/p>\n<p class=Indent>I must point out that the word &#8220;custard&#8221; means something different, to an American, than it does to someone from the UK.  It&#8217;s probably something like the difference between the words &#8220;cookie&#8221; and &#8220;biscuit&#8221; &#8211; it&#8217;s way too subtle to understand, you just have to be in the culture for enough years to accept that you never will.<\/p>\n<p class=Indent>In any event, I happened across some blackberries in the market across the street, and we had some cheese on hand (yes, we&#8217;ve taken a step away from vegan eating), and some short-crust.  So, this was a simple matter of rolling out the crust, forming it into some little tart pans, throwing in a few wee chunks of Crannog cheese (a full-fat, unpasteurized, semi-hard cheese), some blackberries, some sugar, and topping with the soy chocolate custard.  I would have used a different cheese, and certainly will avoid this one for this application, as it turned rubbery, and didn&#8217;t add much flavor.  A ricotta would have worked, as would a brie, maybe.  Something more flavorful next time, that&#8217;s for certain.<\/p>\n<p class=Indent>Into the oven until they&#8217;re brown (these ought to have browned a bit more), and you have a dessert which is tasty, rich, and took about 10 minutes to throw together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" style=\"border-width:0\" src=\"http:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/80x15.png\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>This work is licensed under a<br \/>\n<a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and again we pick up something strange (well, OK, I am the one who picks it up, usually). And then &#8230; and then, it sits in the cupboard, waiting for someone to feel inclined to deal with it. This time, I had picked up some soy chocolate custard. In a box. 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