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Mirlitons

Name: Mirlitons
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 15 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée); 200 g almond cream; 20 g icing sugar

Mirlitons are little puff-pastry tarts with an almond cream filling.

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Duration

1 hour 20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: May 23^th 2023

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 15 pieces, you will need:

1 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 200 g almond cream
3 20 g icing sugar (optional)
Total weight: 450 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Resting

30 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

1 hour 20 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Resting 30 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 15 min.

Roll out the puff pastry and line the tart tins or moulds, leaving a little pastry overhanging the edge.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 30 min.

Prick the bottoms with a fork and let them rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 10 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Trim off the excess pastry around the tart cases and stand them on a baking sheet.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Fill 3/4 full with almond cream.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Decorate with a dusting of icing sugar.

Remarks

You can use another filling, such as pistachio cream, in this recipe.

Keeping: A few days in an airtight tin.

Source: Based on a recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	57 g RDI=89 %	348 g RDI=132 %	351 g RDI=481 %	490 kcal RDI=25 %	2,052 kJ RDI=25 %
Per piece	17 g RDI=27 %	104 g RDI=39 %	105 g RDI=144 %	147 kcal RDI=7 %	615 kJ RDI=7 %
Whole recipe	260 g RDI=400 %	1,569 g RDI=592 %	1,580 g RDI=2,165 %	2,205 kcal RDI=110 %	9,232 kJ RDI=110 %