Corsican tarts


Corsican tarts
Two typically Corsican ingredients are brought together in this recipe: chestnuts and clementines.

Chestnut flour is used in the sweetcrust pastry and the tarts are filled with a mouth-watering clementine jelly.
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Last modified on: February 23th 2014
For 12 pieces, you will need:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 55 min.
Resting: 2 hours 10 min.
Cooking: 20 min.
All in all: 3 hours 25 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 2 min.
Corsican tarts
Prepare 1 sheet gelatin.

Sieve 125 g chestnut flour and 125 g flour together into a food-mixer bowl.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Corsican tarts
Add 100 g butter, 100 g caster sugar and 1 egg.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Corsican tarts
Knead until smoothly mixed.

Stage 4 - 2 hours
Corsican tarts
Gather the pastry into a flat cake, wrap in plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (it is easy to make this pastry the day before you want to use it).

Stage 5 - 10 min.
Corsican tarts
After this resting time, roll out the pastry and line the tart tins or moulds.

Stage 6 - 20 min.
Corsican tarts
Bake the tart cases "blind".

Stage 7 - 10 min.
Corsican tarts
Squeeze 4 clementines and collect 50 à 60 ml of juice.

Add 50 g caster sugar and melt the sugar over low heat.

Be careful not to let it boil; the clementine juice should be just hot, around 122°F (50°C). Use a thermometer to be sure.

Add the gelatin and mix in thoroughly.

Stage 8 - 10 min.
Corsican tarts
Put the pan to cool by standing it in cold water. Stir from time to time with a whisk.

Stage 9 - 10 min.
Corsican tarts
Melt 75 g white chocolate in a bain-marie.

Stage 10 - 5 min.
Corsican tarts
Use a brush to coat each pastry case with a thin layer of white chocolate.

Stage 11
Corsican tarts
This will keep the pastry crisp by stopping the clementine jelly soaking into it. The white chocolate will barely affect the flavour, if at all.

Stage 12 - 5 min.
Corsican tarts
To finish, fill the tarts with the clementine jelly and leave to set in the fridge.
Remarks
You can vary this recipe by using other citrus fruit; lemon, lime, orange, etc.
Keeping: A few hours in the fridge.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe30 RDI=10 %370 RDI=40 %110 RDI=20 %2,640 RDI=130 %11,060 RDI: 130 %
Per 100 g2 RDI=1 %40 RDI=3 %10 RDI=2 %260 RDI=10 %1,080 RDI: 10 %
Per piece2 RDI=1 %30 RDI=3 %9 RDI=1 %220 RDI=10 %920 RDI: 10 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 12 pieces : 7.50 €
  • Per piece : 0.65 €

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