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| Mini tartlets with sablé breton, glazed raspberries and white chocolate |
Oh! I finally got to open "Grand Livre de Cuisine, Desserts et Pâtisserie" of Alain Ducasse and "dare" to try one of the recipes.
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| "Grand Livre de Cuisine, Desserts et Patisserie", Perfection in every page and every line of the book |
I counted a couple of recipes for miniature tartlets with lemon. I tried one of them. Today's recipe calls for an unsual procedure but there is nothing complicated. So let's discover it...
Before we start, I have to say that I tried the mini tartlets and I didn't like the shape, it was my fault: I didn't place the dough in the tartlet shells properly and I haven't filled it generously either. But I chilled the dough again and I gave it another go, with a generous filling, and here is how it looks like:
Alain Ducasse's inspired Lemon Tartelets
Ingredients
For about 16 mini-tartelets (or 6 mini and 4 of 10 cm diameter)Prep: 20min - Rest: 15 min + 15 min - Baking: 10 min + 10 min
Pâte sucrée (sweet tart dough) or just use shortcrust dough
- 240 g flour
- 30 g almond powder/meal (my addition)
- 150g softened butter
- 100g powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 vanilla pod, use the beans
- ¼ tsp salt
Liquid lemon filling
- 200 ml lemon juice
- 100 g butter
- 4 eggs
- 150 g confectioner’s sugar
- (grated lemon zest or candied lemon peels)
Finishing touch
- Neutral glazing (2 tbsp of sugar with 1 tbsp of water)
- Lemon zest
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| A creamy lemon cream and a crunchy sweet dough |
Preparation
Prepare the pastry case
With an egg beater or a paddle (KitchenAid), cream sugar and
butter. Add the egg, the vanilla extract and the salt. Add flour and almond
powder. Flatten it slightly to form an “abaisse” and place it in the freezer
for 15 min. I always have one ready in the freezer, very handy.
Preheat the oven at 170 C, convection oven.
Roll the dough about 2 mm thick (always between 2 sheets of parchment).
Cut circles slightly bigger than your moulds so you can also cover the edges. Trim
off any excess. Put back in the freezer for 5 min.
Blind-bake these tartlets cases for about 10 min: Cover the
surface with a baking sheet and put some dried beans so the dough does not rise
or shrink. I haven’t done this because I forgot to buy beans/rice. Once they
get a pale colour, remove the beans and bake for 2 more minutes. Set aside to
cool.
Making the liquid lemon mix and assembling the tartlets
Bring the oven temperature to 180°C.
Melt the butter in a pan, over low heat. In another bowl,
beat the eggs with the sugar. Incorporate
the lemon juice while still beating/whisking. Add the melted butter and whisk
without incorporating air.
Pour the lemon filling on the warm but not hot tartlets shells and
place in the oven and KNOCK IT OFF, you have to believe it but the lemon
filling will set with the heat. Keep the tartlets in this oven heat for about
10 min and take them out. Set aside to cool before glazing them
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| The mini tartlets before baking, with the liquid lemon mix and the homemade lemon candied peels |
I also used slightly bigger moulds:
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| Baked cases and unbaked tarts with filling, ready to go to the oven |
Let the tartlets cool down and put into the fridge for a couple of
hours. Like most of the tarts with buttery crust, take it out of the fridge at
least 15 min before serving.
Decorate with lemon/lime zests.
Neutral glazing
Bring water and sugar to a boil and let it thicken a bit. Set aside to cool.
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| If you were asking how the mini-tartlets turned out: they were still wonderful but the look was appauling. |
Note: before placing the lemon tartlets in the over so the lemon liquid sets, I added blueberries and homemade candied lemon peels, finely juliened, it's a personal choice, but we enjoyed the finalt results
tarts looks neat and delicious !!
ReplyDeleteThanks Emine! Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteThose tarts look amazing! Reminds me of my childhood ... my Dad's favourite.
ReplyDeleteHI ELLEN. We used to make lemon tart quite a lot, it was a family favourite, but it was the classic one with a meringue on the top...
ReplyDeletetart looks so inviting. amazing recipe
ReplyDeleteHi Spice up the curry...I hope you try it!
ReplyDeleteHi Nada, I always wanted to try making a lemon tart - a traditional one though, not one with meringue though.
ReplyDeleteI think they have such a wonderful tangy flavour don't there - in combination with the delicious, slightly crisp pastry it's the perfect combination :)
Hi Charles, I totally agree...I have also noticed that a sweet tart shell gives it an extra dimension, better than a simple shortcrust dough, because the first one will caramelize from the edges and that balances the lemon...
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