Berry tartlets
Description
Berry tartlets, in my view, are much better than any cake, because they’re no harder to make, you can make them in all kinds of sizes, with all kinds of fillings. A step-by-step recipe will help you make this delicious treat. The quantities given are for about 12–15 tartlets, depending on the size of the moulds you use.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients. You can keep the berries in the freezer until you are ready to use them.
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Step 2
Mix the flour, sugar, salt, vanilla sugar, and baking powder. Add diced chilled butter and rub everything with your hands into fine crumbs.
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Step 3
Make a well in the flour mixture, pour in an egg shaken with two tablespoons of ice water, and knead the dough.
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Step 4
Gather the dough into a ball and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Step 5
To make pistachio ganache, prepare cream, white chocolate, and pistachio paste.
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Step 6
Pour the cream into a saucepan, add the pistachio paste, and set on the stove. Heat while stirring until smooth and even, bring to the boil, but do not boil.
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Step 7
Pour the hot cream in a thin stream into the chocolate and stir thoroughly until the chocolate has dissolved completely. Then cover tightly with cling film touching the surface. Chill completely.
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Step 8
Prepare your baking tins. Grease them with butter and dust lightly with flour.
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Step 9
Roll out the dough into a sheet and cut out shapes to match the cookie cutters.
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Step 10
Place the dough in the molds and prick the bottoms with a fork. Put the shells in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
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Step 11
Preheat the oven to 200–210°C. Bake the tart shells for 15–20 minutes. After about 10 minutes of baking, check: if the dough in the shells starts to puff, take out the baking sheet and prick the dough inside each shell with a fork. Return to the oven and bake until fully done. Let the shells cool completely before filling them.
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Step 12
The pistachio ganache must be fully stabilized and sufficiently thick.
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Step 13
Before use, whip the ganache. Use it to fill the tartlets.
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Step 14
Place fresh or frozen berries on the pistachio ganache; if you like, sprinkle with chopped nuts and decorate with mint leaves. That’s it—a delicious, beautiful treat is ready. Who could resist such beauty?