Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Total Time 35 minutes
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Yield 1 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
Nutrition Facts : Calories 214 calories, FatContent 16g fat (9g saturated fat), CholesterolContent 43mg cholesterol, SodiumContent 84mg sodium, CarbohydrateContent 16g carbohydrate (11g sugars, FiberContent 1g fiber), ProteinContent 3g protein.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Pie & Tarts Recipes
Yield Makes 6 four-inch tarts
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
You will need eight 8cm (3in) round, loose-bottomed fluted tartlet tins. Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/Gas 6.
To make the pastry, measure the flour, icing sugar and butter into a food processor and whizz until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Alternatively, place the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and rub in the butter with your fingertips. Add the egg and whizz again until you have a smooth ball of dough. Wrap the dough in cling film and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
Sprinkle a work surface with flour and roll out the dough until fairly thin – about the thickness of a £1 coin. Cut out eight discs slightly bigger than the tartlet tins. Line each tin with the pastry, on the base and up the sides (see tip), trim across the top and prick the base with a fork.
Line each pastry case with baking paper, fill with a few baking beans and bake blind for about 10 minutes until pale golden and starting to cook . Remove the beans and paper and return to the oven for about 5 minutes to dry out the base and to finish cooking the pastry. Set aside to cool down completely in the tartlet tins.
For the filling, measure the mascarpone and cream into a bowl with the icing sugar and vanilla extract and whisk by hand (see tip) until slightly thickened. Spoon some of the filling into each of the cold tartlet cases and level the top. Arrange slices of strawberry on top of each filled tartlet in a pretty spiral. Heat the redcurrant jelly in a small pan and brush over the strawberry slices to glaze.
Chill in the fridge for 10 minutes, then remove from the tins to serve.
Cook time: 15 minutes, plus chilling and cooling.
Prepare Ahead: Can be made completely up to 4 hours ahead. The tartlet cases can be baked up to a day ahead.
Freeze: The tartlet cases freeze well.
Mary’s Everyday Tips: When lining the tartlet tins with the pastry, be sure not to stretch the pastry, or it will shrink back on cooking. Handle gently and ease the excess pastry from around the edges into the sides and lip of the tin.