Description
Classic British tartlets with buttery pastry, cherry jam, and almond frangipane.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 2 egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons ice water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup ground almonds
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup cherry jam
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 12 glacé cherries, halved
Instructions
- Mix flour and powdered sugar, then rub in cold butter until crumbly.
- Add egg yolks and ice water until dough forms.
- Wrap dough and chill for 30 minutes.
- Beat softened butter, sugar, ground almonds, egg, and almond extract for frangipane.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Roll pastry and press into mini tart pan cavities.
- Add a layer of cherry jam into each tart shell.
- Top with frangipane filling until two-thirds full.
- Bake for 15 minutes until golden.
- Cool completely before icing.
- Mix powdered sugar and milk into thick icing.
- Spread icing over tartlets and top with glacé cherries.
Notes
- Keep pastry cold for the flakiest texture.
- Do not overfill tartlets with jam.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tartlet
- Calories: 260
- Sugar: 18
- Sodium: 65
- Fat: 15
- Saturated Fat: 7
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 29
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 48