Neapolitan Tartlets

Directions

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   To make Dough: Pulse flour, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt in food processor 10 times, or until combined.
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   Add margarine, and pulse 10 times, or until mixture is crumbly.
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   Add 2 Tbs.
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   water, and pulse 5 times, or until Dough comes together.
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   Divide Dough into 4 equal pieces, shape into disks, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill 1 hour, or overnight.
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   Preheat oven to 400F.
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   Roll out Dough disks to 1/8-inch-thick rounds on lightly floured work surface.
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   Press rounds into 4 1/2-inch tart pans with removable bottoms, and trim away excess.
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   (Excess Dough can be rerolled to make small cookies, if desired.)
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    Prick bottoms of tart shells 8 to 10 times each with fork, and place on 2 stacked baking sheets.
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    Bake 20 minutes, or until tart shells begin to pull away from sides of pan.
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    Remove from oven, and sprinkle 1 1/2 tsp.
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    chocolate chips into each shell.
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    Spread melting chips into thin chocolate layer with pastry brush.
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    To make Filling: Combine strawberry slices, sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice in medium bowl.
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    Halve vanilla beans, and scrape seeds into strawberry mixture; stir to combine (reserve vanilla pods for another use), or stir in vanilla extract.
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    Let stand 30 minutes.
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    Stir to combine juices and strawberries.
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    Layer 1/2 cup strawberry slices into each tart shell, pressing down lightly.
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    (Tarts will be very full.)
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    Return tarts to oven on double-stacked baking sheets, and bake 20 minutes, or until Filling bubbles around edges.
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    Cool 10 minutes on wire rack before removing tarts from pans.
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    Dust tarts with cocoa powder.