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Matcha Cream Tart

By: Bright Eyed Baker

Celebrate Spooky Season with a Matcha Cream Tart made with a no-bake chocolate cookie crust, milky Matcha cream filling, and a fun little white chocolate spider web on top.

Matcha Cream Tart

SERVINGS: One 9.5" tart

TIME: 4 hrs

CATEGORY: Desserts

INGREDIENTS

Chocolate Cookie Crust
• 2¼ cups crisp chocolate cookie crumbs
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 10 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Matcha Cream Filling
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 4½ Tbsp corn starch, sifted
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 1½ cups whole milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 4 tsp Aiya Culinary Grade Matcha, sifted
• 4 tsp water
• 5 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and briefly cooled
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
White Chocolate Web
• 1 oz white chocolate, melted

DIRECTIONS

Chocolate Cookie Crust
1. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together chocolate cookie crumbs, sugar, and salt. Add melted butter and stir in until mixture is evenly moistened and resembles wet sand.
2. Transfer mixture to a 9.5" tart pan and use the bottom of a measuring cup to press into bottom and sides of pan, making sure it's firmly compacted. Use a knife to level off top edge, and then press edges down with thumb and forefinger to smooth out.
3. Freeze for 10 minutes, and then transfer to refrigerator while prepping Matcha cream filling.
Matcha Cream Filling
1. In a medium saucepan, whisk together sugar, corn starch, and salt. Add milk and cream and thoroughly whisk into sugar mixture, making sure no clumps of cornstarch remain.
2. In a small bowl, combine Matcha and water and whisk vigorously until smooth. Add to saucepan and whisk in until smoothly incorporated.
3. Place saucepan on stove over medium heat and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture begins to thicken; if you stop whisking, you should also see bubbles beginning to pop up on the surface. Continue cooking and whisking for about 30 seconds longer; the mixture should be quite thick. Turn off heat and slowly pour in melted butter while whisking.
4. If filling looks lumpy at this point, use a blender to smooth out. Otherwise, pour directly into prepared crust, making sure top surface is level and smooth. transfer to refrigerator to chill until set - at least a few hours.
White Chocolate Web
1. Use a piping bag fitted with a small round tip to pipe melted white chocolate in a spiderweb pattern over finished tart.

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