Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Blueberry amandine tarts



This french classic is usually made with creme fraiche, I have replaced it with vanilla yoghurt, to make it lighter and add is some extra flavour.  You can make then with any summer fruit but blueberry is my favourite!


Ingredients:

For the pastry:

  • 250g plain flour
  • 125g unsalted butter
  • 1tbsp icing sugar
  • 1 egg 
  • 1tbsp cold water
For the filling:
  • 2 eggs
  • 150ml vanilla yoghurt
  • 60g ground almonds
  • 80g caster sugar
  • 1tsp vanilla paste
  • punnet of blueberries
Additionally:
  • flaked almonds
  • apricot jam to glaze

To make the pastry combine cold butter, icing sugar and flour in a food processor, then add an egg and water.  Chill in the fridge for half an hour, then roll out, cut out large circles and place in a 12-hole muffin tray.  Place back in the fridge.

To make the filling whisk eggs, sugar, yoghurts and vanilla, then add ground almonds.

Place a few blueberries in each pastry case, then pour in the filling, right to the top.

Bake in a  pre-heated oven at 180C for about 25 minutes, until golden brown.  

Warm up some apricot jam and brush the top of each tart.


Enjoy!

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