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Mirlitons

Mirlitons are little puff-pastry tarts with an almond cream filling.

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Last modified on: May 23^th 2023

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For 15 pieces, you will need:

1 250 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 200 g Almond cream or frangipane
3 20 g icing sugar (optional)
Total weight: 450 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	30 min.	20 min.	1 hour 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Roll out the puff pastry and line the tart tins or moulds, leaving a little pastry overhanging the edge.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Prick the bottoms with a fork and let them rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Trim off the excess pastry around the tart cases and stand them on a baking sheet.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Fill 3/4 full with almond cream.

Stage 5 - 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Decorate with a dusting of icing sugar.

Remarks

You can use another filling, such as pistachio cream, in this recipe.

Keeping

A few days in an airtight tin.

Source

Based on a recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
255 Kcal or 1,068 Kj	30 gr	183 gr	160 gr
13 %	12 %	17 %	24 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
57 Kcal or 239 Kj	7 gr	41 gr	35 gr
3 %	3 %	4 %	5 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
17 Kcal or 71 Kj	2 gr	12 gr	11 gr
1 %	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, Sulfites, Nuts, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 15 pieces : 2.32 €
Per piece : 0.15 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken and mushroom pie, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Mini lemon millefeuilles, Shallot confit tart, Pissaladière with puff pastry, ... All
	Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, Plum tart, Apple-almond shortbread tart, Epiphany galette, Mini almond-morello tarts, ... All

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