Corsican tarts


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

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 2 min.
Corsican tarts
Prepare 1 sheet gelatin.

Sieve 125 g chestnut flour and 125 g flour together into a food-mixer bowl.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Corsican tarts
Add 100 g butter, 100 g caster sugar and 1 egg.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Corsican tarts
Knead until smoothly mixed.

Stage 4 - 2 hours
Corsican tarts
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.
Corsican tarts
After this resting time, roll out the pastry and line the tart tins or moulds.

Stage 6 - 20 min.
Corsican tarts
Bake the tart cases "blind".

Stage 7 - 10 min.
Corsican tarts
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.
Corsican tarts
Put the pan to cool by standing it in cold water. Stir from time to time with a whisk.

Stage 9 - 10 min.
Corsican tarts
Melt 75 g white chocolate in a bain-marie.

Stage 10 - 5 min.
Corsican tarts
Use a brush to coat each pastry case with a thin layer of white chocolate.

Stage 11
Corsican tarts
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.
Corsican tarts
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.
Keeping
A few hours in the fridge.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,643 Kcal or 11,066 Kj30 gr373 gr115 gr
132 %12 %35 %17 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
257 Kcal or 1,076 Kj3 gr36 gr11 gr
13 %1 %3 %2 %
Per piece
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
220 Kcal or 921 Kj3 gr31 gr10 gr
11 %1 %3 %1 %
% 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
How much will it cost?
  • For 12 pieces : 8.07 $
  • Per piece : 0.67 $

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This recipe uses (among others)
Chestnut flourChestnut flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Chestnut cake, Clementines and chestnuts entremet, Cookies of the Camisards, ... All
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Liège waffles, Carbonnade, Finger biscuits, Basic cake batter - the French way, Diamond biscuits, ... All
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Candied grapefruit peel, Kouign-amann brioche, Clementine confectioner's custard, Tarte Normande, Pink Reims biscuits, ... All
ButterButter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Marchand de vin sauce, Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée), Tyrolean apple crumble, Lille style chicken, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), ... All
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