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 4 pieces, you will need:
- 1
1⁄3 cup Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
¼ cup Almond cream or frangipane - 3
4 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 |
| 460 Kcal or 1,926 Kj | 11 gr | 64 gr | 48 gr |
| 23 % | 4 % | 6 % | 7 % |
| 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 4 pieces : 1.14 €
- Per piece : 0.29 €
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 make a good pastry tart case , Plum tart "En passant par la Lorraine", Lemon tart, Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, Apple custard tart, ... All |
 | Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mirlitons of Guipavas, Ramekins with almonds, apples and lemon, Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, Pear tart with almond cream, Rhubarb tart, ... All |
 | Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hazelnut and cherry financiers, Piped petits-fours, Galette de Fougerolles, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Black Forest gateau, ... All |
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