Rustic Apple-Pear Tartlets
Author: Chef Sophie
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Serves: 6-8
- DOUGH:
- 1 ½ cup of wheat pastry flour (plus ¼ cup for dusting)
- ½ cup garbanzo bean flour (also called besan or chana in Indian stores)
- ½ cup vegetable oil (Canola ok but not olive oil!)
- 4-5 Tbl iced water
- ½ tsp salt
- 2Tbl sugar
- FILLING:
- 3 ripe pears (or mix of pears and apples is fine too)
- 1-2 cups of sweetened apple sauce
- Juice from ½ lemon
- 1 tsp arrowroot* (or 2 tsp of cornstarch*)
- Sugar for dusting
- Heat up the oven to 390 F.
- Ligthly oil a cookie sheet.
- Put a few ice cubes in a small glass.
- Combine the flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.
- In another bowl, combine the oil and the iced water.
- Mix wet ingredients into the flour mixture.
- Make a ball and put into a plastic bag. Refrigerate for 15mn.
- Peel, core and slice the pears and apple. Place in a bowl and sprinkle with natural sugar.
- Juice the lemon and mix the arrowroot in it. Pour it over the fruit and gently toss to coat evenly.
- Take out the dough from the fridge, dust a surface and gently roll it. It could stick to the pin, so be gentle.
- To make individual tartlets, roll out the dough thinly, there is no need to prebake. Just take a jar or the lid of a glass jar and cut out circles.
- Press down and make clean edges on the sides.
- Spoon a little apple sauce in the middle (sprinkle a little sugar if the apple are not sweetened), then a few thin slices of apples and pears.
- Sprinkle again with a little sugar and place on a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 390F for 15mn until golden.
- Remove from oven and put an even thin layer of apricot or peach jam over it while it is cooling off. This will create a nice glaze for your tartlets.
- Makes between 6-8 tartlets depending on the size of the tartlet you make.
Recipe by Kind Cooking at https://kindcooking.com/rustic-apple-pear-tartlets/
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