
Snacks & baking
Tartelette
A small individual tart with a shortcrust or sweet pastry base, filled with pastry cream, fruit or almond cream. Eaten in one or two bites, it's a classic in patisseries.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Roll out the sweet pastry on a floured work surface, then cut out 6 discs the size of your tartlet tins.
- Line the tins with the pastry discs, prick the bases with a fork and chill for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C and bake the cases blind for 15 minutes, until golden.
- Meanwhile, bring the milk with the vanilla to the boil, then whisk the yolks with the sugar and cornflour.
- Pour the hot milk over the mixture while whisking, return to the pan and let it thicken for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Let the cream cool, then fill the baked cases with a generous spoonful.
- Arrange the chopped fruit on top in a decorative way.
- Heat the apricot jam with a spoonful of water, then brush it over the fruit to make it glossy.
Variations and tips
Almond version. Add a spoonful of ground almonds to the pastry and fill with frangipane instead of pastry cream.
More ideas
Original Ecomely recipe.

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