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).
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Last modified on: March 1st 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 24 pieces, you will need:
- 1
2 cups Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
1 1⁄3 cup Almond cream or frangipane - 3
24 Griottine cherries
How long will 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 |
| 2,758 Kcal or 11,547 Kj | 66 gr | 381 gr | 285 gr |
| 138 % | 25 % | 36 % | 43 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 336 Kcal or 1,407 Kj | 8 gr | 46 gr | 35 gr |
| 17 % | 3 % | 4 % | 5 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 115 Kcal or 481 Kj | 3 gr | 16 gr | 12 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 24 pieces : 6.82 €
- Per piece : 0.28 €
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: Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie, Simple maple-syrup tart, How to roll out pastry for a tart, Strawberry tart, Peach and green tea tart, ... All |
 | Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Epiphany galette, Exotic fruit tart, Ramekins with almonds, apples and lemon, Rhubarb tart, Apricot and almond cream tart, ... All |
 | Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Galette de Fougerolles, Hazelnut and cherry financiers, Cherry and pistachio tarts, Piped petits-fours, Black Forest gateau, ... All |
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