Corsican tarts
Two typically Corsican ingredients are brought together in this recipe: chestnuts and clementines.
Chestnut flour is used in the sweetcrust pastry and the tarts are filled with a mouth-watering clementine jelly.
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Last modified on: February 23th 2014
For 12 pieces, you will need:
- 1
125 g chestnut flour - 2
125 g flour - 3
100 g butter - 4
100 g caster sugar - 5
1 egg - 6
4 clementines - 7 50 g caster sugar
- 8
1 sheet gelatin - 9
75 g white chocolate - Total weight: 1,037 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 min. | 2 hours 10 min. | 20 min. | 3 hours 22 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
2 min.
Stage 2
5 min.
Stage 3
5 min.
Knead until smoothly mixed.Stage 4
2 hours
Gather the pastry into a flat cake, wrap in plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (it is easy to make this pastry the day before you want to use it).Stage 5
10 min.
After this resting time, roll out the pastry and line the tart tins or moulds.Stage 6
20 min.
Bake the tart cases "blind".Stage 7
10 min.
Squeeze 4 clementines and collect 50 à 60 ml of juice.Add 50 g caster sugar and melt the sugar over low heat.
Be careful not to let it boil; the clementine juice should be just hot, around 122°F (50°C). Use a thermometer to be sure.
Add the gelatin and mix in thoroughly.
Stage 8
10 min.
Put the pan to cool by standing it in cold water. Stir from time to time with a whisk.Stage 9
10 min.
Melt 75 g white chocolate in a bain-marie.Stage 10
5 min.
Use a brush to coat each pastry case with a thin layer of white chocolate.Stage 11
This will keep the pastry crisp by stopping the clementine jelly soaking into it. The white chocolate will barely affect the flavour, if at all.Stage 12
5 min.
To finish, fill the tarts with the clementine jelly and leave to set in the fridge.Remarks
You can vary this recipe by using other citrus fruit; lemon, lime, orange, etc.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
For 12 pieces : 8.46 $
Per piece : 0.71 $
Source: Home made.
More recipes?
This recipe use (among others) | Chestnut flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut cake, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, ... All |
| Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Toasted-flour biscuits, Chocolate eclairs, Pesto crackers, French Family Cake, Pink Reims biscuits, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick orange marmalade, Panna cotta, Caramel rice pudding, Checkerboard biscuits, Alsatian apple tart, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Buttonhole" quail eggs, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Colcannon, Grilled cheese, Morel risotto with Vin Jaune and Mont d'Or, ... All |
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