Cakes and Pastries Recipes - Apricot Tartlets with Red Fruits and Vanilla Cream Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 6:

• 1 tbsp flour

• 3/4 oz butter

• 7 1/4 oz red fruits

• 7 1/4 oz apricots

• 1 tbsp confectioners' sugar

Vanilla cream:

• 2 2/3 oz sugar

• 1 tbsp flour

• 1 egg yolk

• 4 fl oz (12 cl) milk

• 1 pinch vanilla seeds

• 3 tbsp cream

Shortbread dough:

• 8 1/2 oz (250g) flour

• 4 1/3 oz (125g0 soft butter

• 4 1/3 oz (125g) sugar

• 1 small egg

• 1 pinch salt

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Method:

1. Prepare the vanilla cream: mix the sugar and the flour. Combine with the egg yolk and mix well. Bring the milk and vanilla seeds to a boil. Pour over the preceding mixture, stirring all the time. Pour this mixture into a saucepan. Bring to a boil once again. Cool, stirring from time to time. Fold in the whipped cream. Set aside and chill.

2. Prepare the dough: combine the flour, butter, sugar, egg, and salt in a food processor, until the dough no longer sticks to your fingers.

3. Preheat the oven to 390°F/200°C.

4. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and line 6 greased tartlet pans with it. Prick the bases with a fork. Bake blind for 10 - 12 min.

5. Meanwhile, clean the fruit and cut it into pieces.

6. Take the crusts out of the oven and cool. Pour the vanilla cream into the crusts. Arrange the fruit over the cream. Dust with confectioners' sugar.