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 8 pieces, you will need:
- 1
150 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
100 g Almond cream or frangipane - 3
8 Griottine cherries - Total weight: 274 grams
How long will 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 |
| 9,162 Kcal or 38,359 Kj | 225 gr | 1,154 gr | 964 gr |
| 339 % | 64 % | 81 % | 108 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,344 Kcal or 14,001 Kj | 82 gr | 421 gr | 352 gr |
| 124 % | 23 % | 29 % | 39 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,145 Kcal or 4,794 Kj | 28 gr | 144 gr | 120 gr |
| 42 % | 8 % | 10 % | 14 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 pieces : 2.27 €
- Per piece : 0.28 €
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 bake blind , How to make tart cases, Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Simple maple-syrup tart, How to roll out pastry for a tart, ... All |
 | Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ramekins with almonds, apples and lemon, Rhubarb tart, Fondant-iced pithivier, Apricot and almond cream tart, Pear tart with almond cream, ... All |
 | Griottine cherries: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Galette de Fougerolles, Hazelnut and cherry financiers, Piped petits-fours, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Cherry and pistachio tarts, ... All |
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