Tartelettes Aux Fruits

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces plain flour
• 2 ounces unsalted butter
• 2 ounces caster sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 -3 drops vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 for the filling: apricots, peaches, plums, kiwifruit, or gooseberries need to be poached lightly in a sugary syrup.
• 2 raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and redcurrants can be used fresh.
• 3 glace for the fruit: heat apricot jam, for red fruits use redcurrant jelly with a few drops of lemon juice, when dissolved put through a sieve.
• 4 sift the flour and salt onto a board.
• 5 make a well in the centre and add all the ingredients.
• 6 with your fingertips, mix together quickly and knead until smooth.
• 7 wrap with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
• 8 roll the pastry out and place in greased tartlet tins.
• 9 chill again.
• 10 bake blind for 7 minutes.
• 11 then bake a further 5 minutes until a pale biscuit colour.
• 12 cool on wire rack.
• 13 glace the base of the pastry with some of the glace, then place the fruit into the tartlets and glace all over.
• 14 tip: the tartlets without the filling can be baked in advance and stored in an air-tight container for a few days!