Orange Tart with Chocolate Sauce

A golden shortbread crust is filled with a sweet cream cheese, ricotta, and mascarpone cheese mixture and topped with oranges and chocolate sauce, making a delicious tart.

• Preparation Time: 50 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 547 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• ½ cup butter, room temperature
• 1 ¼ cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon orange extract
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• 3 mandarin oranges, peeled and segmented
• 1 (12 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• ⅛ cup ricotta cheese
• ⅛ cup mascarpone cheese
• 1 navel orange, peeled and segmented
• 1 blood orange, peeled and segmented

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.

Step 3

Beat butter and confectioners' sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Pour in orange extract; mix thoroughly to combine, about 1 minute. Mix in sifted flour a little at a time until thoroughly combined. Cover crust mixture with plastic wrap; chill for 1 hour.

Step 4

Place chilled dough on a lightly floured work surface. Roll with a lightly floured rolling pin to 1/3-inch thickness.

Step 5

Line a 10-inch (1-inch high) tart pan with the dough; prick with a fork.

Step 6

Mix cream cheese, sifted confectioners' sugar, ricotta cheese, mascarpone cheese, and flour in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed, scraping the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula after each addition. Add eggs, egg yolks, and heavy cream at the same time and mix thoroughly. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour filling mixture into prepared crust.

Step 7

While the tart is baking, combine mandarin oranges, navel orange, blood orange, and sugar in a bowl.

Step 8

Remove tart from oven. Fan orange segments in a pattern of three in a circle around the tart, working your way to the middle. Return tart to oven.

Step 9

Bake until fully set and oranges become golden, but do not burn, about 30 minutes more. Let cool completely.

Step 10

While tart cools, melt dark chocolate chips in a double boiler. Stir in butter until melted; remove from heat. Drizzle chocolate sauce over each tart slice before serving.