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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 1^st 2020

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14 min.	10 min.	24 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Roll out 150 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) thinly.

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.

Keeping

A few days in an airtight tin.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
919 Kcal or 3,848 Kj	22 gr	127 gr	95 gr
46 %	8 %	12 %	14 %

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 8 pieces : 2.27 €
Per piece : 0.28 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croute à thé, Lemon tart, Plum tart "En passant par la Lorraine", Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, Pistachio custard tart, ... All
	Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Exotic fruit tart, Fondant-iced pithivier, Rhubarb tart, Epiphany galette, Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, ... All
	Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piped petits-fours, Black Forest gateau, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Cherry and pistachio tarts, Hazelnut and cherry financiers, ... All

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