Apple amandine tarts from Brélès
Amandines are small sweetcrust pastry tarts filled with fruit and topped with almond cream. Here's a rather more sophisticated version made with stewed apple, rice pudding and almond cream.
194 K 3.8/5 (31 reviews)
1 hour 10 min.
Easy
12 pieces
4 IngredientsLast modified on: March 1st 2012
For 12 pieces, you will need:
- 1
2 2⁄3 cups sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
1 ¾ cup stewed apple (compote) - 3
1 ¾ cup rice pudding (riz au lait) - 4
1 ¾ cup almond cream
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking: 40 min.
All in all: 1 hour 10 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Roll out 2 2⁄3 cups sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) thinly and line the tart tins or moulds with it.
Stage 2
Place the lined tins or moulds on a baking sheet.
Stage 3
You can also use muffin moulds, in which case it's better to cut out a circle of pastry with a cutter, then transfer this to the mould.
Stage 4
Prepare 1 ¾ cup stewed apple (compote), 1 ¾ cup rice pudding (riz au lait) and 1 ¾ cup almond cream, or take out of the fridge if already made.
The ingredients are easier to use when nice and soft, so it's worth leaving the almond cream at room temperature for a couple of hours. Soften the rice pudding a little if necessary by mixing in 1 or 2 tablespoonsful of cream.
The ingredients are easier to use when nice and soft, so it's worth leaving the almond cream at room temperature for a couple of hours. Soften the rice pudding a little if necessary by mixing in 1 or 2 tablespoonsful of cream.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
Spread a layer of stewed apple in the bottom of each tart case.
Spread a layer of stewed apple in the bottom of each tart case.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Then add a layer of rice pudding.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
And top with almond cream.
Stage 8 - 40 min.
Bake in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes (watch for colouring). Remove from the tins or moulds as soon as possible and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Stage 9
This can be made as one large tart to be served in slices, rather than several small ones.
Remarks
Important: amandines don't keep well, as eventually the stewed apple will make the pastry go soft. They are best eaten the day they are made and slightly warm if possible.
Keeping: Several hours in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.
Source: Home made, and warmly dedicated to Robert and Anne.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 1,310 RDI=500 % | 6,270 RDI=590 % | 4,230 RDI=640 % | 40,810 RDI=2,040 % | 170,860 RDI: 2,040 % |
| Per 100 g | 70 RDI=30 % | 350 RDI=30 % | 240 RDI=40 % | 2,270 RDI=110 % | 9,490 RDI: 110 % |
| Per piece | 110 RDI=40 % | 520 RDI=50 % | 350 RDI=50 % | 3,400 RDI=170 % | 14,240 RDI: 170 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 pieces : 8.45 €
- Per piece : 0.75 €
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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)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tarte Bourdaloue, Two-coloured chocolate-orange tart, Blackcurrant and chestnut verrines, Exotic fruit tart, Simple maple-syrup tart, ... See them all 43
Stewed apple (compote)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple oatmeal cookies for Sasha, Linzer torte, Apple and blackcurrant tarts, Cochelin d'Evreux, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, ... See them all 11
Rice pudding (riz au lait)
You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramel rice pudding, Caramelized apple rice pudding, ... See them all 2
Almond cream
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