Decadent Cherry & Chocolate Puff Pastry Tart

Decadent Cherry & Chocolate Puff Pastry Tart

Nothing tops off a beautiful meal like a delicious dessert, and today, we’ve got something you have to try.

This cherry and chocolate puff pastry tart is simply delicious, and the perfect dessert to impress your guests. Who doesn’t love a little chocolate, right? Plus, it won’t have you slaving away in the kitchen for hours and it looks stunning on a plate, restaurant quality, in fact.

Cherry and chocolate tart on a plate made from a Skip to My Lou recipe. Decadent Cherry & Chocolate Puff Pastry Tart
This cherry and chocolate tart is so delicious!

Cherry and Chocolate Tart Ingredients

You will need the following ingredients for this delicious dessert.

  • 1 Frozen puff pastry sheet, thawed
  • 2 c. Fresh or frozen cherries, pitted
  • 6 T. Sugar
  • 1 T. Cornstarch
  • 1/4 c. Water
  • 4 oz. Dark chocolate melted
  • 2 t. Coconut oil
  • Additional fresh cherries, for serving
  • Flakey Sea salt, for sprinkling

How to Make a Cherry and Chocolate Tart

Here’s how you can make this yummy dessert.

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400° F and line a rimmed baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper. Roll out the puff pastry sheet into a rectangle onto the prepared baking sheet.

A baking tin lined with parchment paper and rolled out puff pastry placed inside. A baking tin lined with parchment paper and rolled out puff pastry placed inside.
Line a baking tin with parchment paper and place the rolled puff pastry inside.

Step 2: Using a knife, score a 1/2-inch border on the sides of the puff pastry, making sure not to cut all the way through. Using a fork, prick the puff pastry inside the border.

Pastry in a baking tin with a half-inch border scored with a knife and then the inner section pricked with a fork. Pastry in a baking tin with a half-inch border scored with a knife and then the inner section pricked with a fork.
Score a half-inch border with a knife and prick the pastry with a fork.

Step 3: Place the puff pastry into the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Baking tin and puff pastry fresh out the oven and baked golden brown. Baking tin and puff pastry fresh out the oven and baked golden brown.
Bake in the oven until golden brown.

Step 4: Combine the cherries and sugar in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch with the water until smooth and set aside.

Cheeries and sugar in a saucepan.Cheeries and sugar in a saucepan.
Place the cherries in a saucepan with the sugar.
Cooked cherries in a saucepan. Cooked cherries in a saucepan.
Cook until the sugar is melted.

Step 5: Allow the cherries to simmer for 5-6 minutes, then stir in the cornstarch slurry and continue cooking until lightly thickened, around 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat.

Cornstarch slurry added to the cherry mixture in the saucepan. Cornstarch slurry added to the cherry mixture in the saucepan.
Add the cornstarch slurry to the cherry mixture.

Step 6: Remove the puff pastry sheet from the oven and spread the cherry mixture inside the border of the puff pastry.

Cherries added to the cooked puff pastry. Cherries added to the cooked puff pastry.
Add the cherries to the puff pastry.

Step 7: Return the tart into the oven and bake until the edges are deeply golden-brown and the cherry filling is bubbly, for another 15 minutes.

Puff pastry and cherries after being returned to the oven and cooked for 15 more minutes. Puff pastry and cherries after being returned to the oven and cooked for 15 more minutes.
Return the tart to the oven and cook for another 15 minutes.

Step 8: Stir the coconut oil into the melted chocolate and drizzle the chocolate all over the cherry tart. Top with flakey sea salt and additional fresh cherries.

Puff pastry and cherry tart waiting to be drizzled with chocolate. Puff pastry and cherry tart waiting to be drizzled with chocolate.
Prepare the chocolate.
Cherry and puff pastry tart drizzled with chocolate. Cherry and puff pastry tart drizzled with chocolate.
Drizzle the chocolate all over the tart.
Fresh cherries added to the top of the tart, ready to serve.Fresh cherries added to the top of the tart, ready to serve.
Add fresh cherries to the top of the chart.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

  • Preheat the oven to 400° F and line a rimmed baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.

  • Roll out the puff pastry sheet into a rectangle onto the prepared baking sheet. Using a knife, score a 1/2-inch border on the sides of the puff pastry, making sure not to cut all the way through. Using a fork, prick the puff pastry inside the border.

  • Place the puff pastry into the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

  • In the meantime, combine the cherries and sugar in a small saucepan and place over medium heat.

  • In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch with the water until smooth and set aside.

  • Allow the cherries to simmer for 5-6 minutes, then stir in the cornstarch slurry and continue cooking until lightly thickened, around 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat.

  • Remove the puff pastry sheet from the oven and spread the cherry mixture inside the border of the puff pastry.

  • Return the tart into the oven and bake until the edges are deeply golden-brown and the cherry filling is bubbly, another 15 minutes.

  • Stir the coconut oil into the melted chocolate and drizzle the chocolate all over the cherry tart. Top with flakey sea salt and additional fresh cherries.

  • Enjoy!

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