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).
35 K 4.5/5 (2 reviews)
25 min.
Easy
24 pieces
3 IngredientsLast modified on: March 1st 2020
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
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.
Cooking: 10 min.
All in all: 25 min.
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: 19:10.Change end time
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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 670 RDI=260 % | 3,460 RDI=330 % | 2,890 RDI=440 % | 27,490 RDI=1,370 % | 115,080 RDI: 1,370 % |
| Per 100 g | 80 RDI=30 % | 420 RDI=40 % | 350 RDI=50 % | 3,340 RDI=170 % | 14,000 RDI: 170 % |
| Per piece | 30 RDI=10 % | 140 RDI=10 % | 120 RDI=20 % | 1,150 RDI=60 % | 4,800 RDI: 60 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 24 pieces : 6.85 €
- Per piece : 0.30 €
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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)
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Almond cream or frangipane
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Epiphany galette, Late summer tart with plums and apricots, Plum tart, Mirlitons of Guipavas, Rhubarb tart, ... See them all 15
Griottine cherries
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