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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

Keywords for this recipe:Tarts Apple Verbena Diplomat cream Pastry Pâtisserie

For 3 tarts, you will need:

1 6 tart cases
2 2 apples
3 30 g butter
4 50 g caster sugar
5 verbena
6 200 g Diplomat cream
Total weight: 940 grams

Change these quantities to make: 1 tarts 3 tarts 6 tarts 9 tarts

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
57 min.	2 min.	59 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Little apple and verbena tarts : Photo of step #1

Prepare 6 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.

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Peel 2 apples and cut into small dice.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

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Melt 30 g butter in a frying pan on high heat, then add 50 g caster sugar and the diced apples.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

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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.

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Prepare 200 g Diplomat cream, leaving the verbena to infuse in the milk (this can be made well in advance).

Stage 6 - 6 min.

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

Stage 7 - 8 min.

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Cover with diced caramelised apple.

Stage 8

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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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,138 Kcal or 4,765 Kj	85 gr	396 gr	223 gr
57 %	33 %	37 %	34 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 3 tarts : 3.47 €
Per tarts : 1.16 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

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: French custard tart, Chocolate eclairs, Galette Charentaise, Blackcurrant liqueur, Amaretti, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cornouaillaise salad, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Little caramelized peach tarts, Fruit crémeux, Toffee apple upside-down cake, ... All
	Tart cases: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little lime tarts, Victoria pineapple and lime tarts, Pear verbena tarts, Apple and blackcurrant tarts, Double raspberry tartlets, ... All

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