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Little apple and verbena tarts

A sweetcrust pastry case, filled with a smooth verbena-flavoured diplomat cream, and topped with caramelised apples.

You will see how well the caramelised apples and verbena go together.

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Last modified on: January 9^th 2022

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For 9 tarts, you will need:

1 18 tart cases
2 6 apples
3 ½ cup butter
4 ²⁄₃ cup caster sugar
5 verbena
6 teaspoon Diplomat cream

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Time required for this recipe:

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57 min.	2 min.	59 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Prepare 18 tart cases.

Note: the ones you can see in the photo were made in fluted moulds, but this is not essential.

Stage 2 - 8 min.

Peel 6 apples and cut into small dice.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Melt ½ cup butter in a frying pan on high heat, then add ²⁄₃ cup caster sugar and the diced apples.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Caramelise the apples, taking care not to mash the apple dice as you stir, which can easily happen with this size.

Leave to cool.

Stage 5 - 30 min.

Prepare teaspoon Diplomat cream, leaving the verbena to infuse in the milk (this can be made well in advance).

Stage 6 - 6 min.

Put a generous layer of verbena diplomat cream in each tart case.

Stage 7 - 8 min.

Cover with diced caramelised apple.

Stage 8

Your tarts are ready. Garnish with a sprig of verbena.

Remarks

You can make a different version with pears. Cooked in maple syrup, they work really well.

If you don't fancy making the diplomat cream, use confectioner's custard or chantilly cream instead.

Keeping

Should be eaten the same day.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,415 Kcal or 14,298 Kj	256 gr	1,188 gr	670 gr
171 %	98 %	112 %	101 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
121 Kcal or 507 Kj	9 gr	42 gr	24 gr
6 %	3 %	4 %	4 %

Per tarts
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
379 Kcal or 1,587 Kj	28 gr	132 gr	74 gr
19 %	11 %	12 %	11 %

% 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 9 tarts : 10.40 €
Per tarts : 1.16 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Diplomat cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tatin apple diplomat tart, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apricot and pistachio clafoutis, How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub), Basic cake batter - the French way, Eggs meurette, Agen prune cake, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oaty walnut cake , Moist cereal bars, Genoese croque-monsieur, Moist chocolate cake, Mussels marinière, ... All
	Tart cases: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Double raspberry tartlets, Victoria pineapple and lime tarts, Little lime tarts, Pear verbena tarts, Apple and blackcurrant tarts, ... All

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