Sweet carrot tartlets
Description
The appetizer is prepared quickly and simply. I would like to suggest that you make original tartlets with carrots. They will be sweet. By the way, making the butter-and-flour topping is not necessary. The tartlets can remain open, and you can sprinkle them, at your discretion, with powdered sugar or something else. To prepare sweet carrot tartlets, we will need ready-made shortcrust pastry and sweet carrots. Serve with herbs and sauce.
Instructions
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Step 1
Roll out the dough, preferably as thin as possible, and place it into the molds. The molds can be for cupcakes or muffins. We will make a base for tartlets from them.
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Step 2
Press the dough into the pan and trim off the excess edges.
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Step 3
Line it with parchment paper or foil and weigh it down with a weight—legumes, for example. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes so the dough gets used to the shape. Then, preheating the oven to 190–200 degrees, bake the tartlets for about 5–10 minutes with the weight (until half-baked). Then remove the weight and bake the tartlets for another 5 minutes, until golden brown.
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Step 4
While the tartlets are cooling, make the carrot filling. Grate the carrots and mix them with orange juice, zest, 100 g of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Simmer everything over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. You’ll get something similar to confiture.
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Step 5
Fill the tartlets with the carrot mixture—not to the brim. Chop the cold butter into cubes, add sugar and flour. Rub everything together until crumbs form. It is very important that the butter is cold. Sprinkle these crumbs over the tartlets. Put them in the oven for 10–12 minutes at 200 degrees.
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Step 6
You can serve the ready-made sweet carrot tartlets with cream or sour cream.