Mini almond-morello tarts
This very simple recipe is a good way to use up leftover sweetcrust pastry. The tiny tarts are filled with almond cream and topped with a morello cherry (French Griottines are best, if you can get them).
25K 2 4.5
Last modified on: March 1st 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 16 pieces, you will need:
- 1
1 1⁄3 cup Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
1 cup Almond cream or frangipane - 3
16 Griottine cherries
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 14 min. | 10 min. | 24 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Line small tart tins or moulds.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Divide out the almond cream into the tart cases.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Top each tart with a cherry and press it down into the filling.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Remarks
As this is a recipe for leftovers, the quantities are for guidance only, so do adapt these to what you have to hand.
The same basic idea can be varied in lots of ways by using different pastry, cream filling and garnish.
The same basic idea can be varied in lots of ways by using different pastry, cream filling and garnish.
Keeping
A few days in an airtight tin.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,839 Kcal or 7,700 Kj | 44 gr | 254 gr | 190 gr |
| 68 % | 13 % | 18 % | 21 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 336 Kcal or 1,407 Kj | 8 gr | 46 gr | 35 gr |
| 12 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 115 Kcal or 481 Kj | 3 gr | 16 gr | 12 gr |
| 4 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 16 pieces : 3.90 £
- Per piece : 0.24 £
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to roll out pastry for a tart, Apple-almond shortbread tart, Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, Tarte Jurassienne, Flaked almond tart, ... All |
 | Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche slices with almond cream, Plum tart, Fondant-iced pithivier, Mirlitons of Guipavas, Ramekins with almonds, apples and lemon, ... All |
 | Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Galette de Fougerolles, Hazelnut and cherry financiers, Cherry and pistachio tarts, Piped petits-fours, ... All |
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