Brown Butter Sweet Potato Tartlets
- Brown Butter Pate Brisee
- 8 ounces Brown butter frozen cut into bits
- 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Ice water
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon Raw sugar ground fine
- Sweet Potato Filling
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Creme Fraiche
- 1 Vanilla bean seeded
- 3/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 3/4 cup Brown sugar ( not packed)
- 1/8 teaspoon Fresh ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon Cardamom
- 3 tablespoons Grande Marnier
- 2 cups Roasted sweet potatoes
- In the bowl of a food processor pulse four,salt, and sugar. Drop the butter in and pulse until the mixture is a coarse meal.
- Add water in a slow stream until it forms a ball.
- Gather it up and form a disc. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least two hours. Overnight is fine.
- Roll crust thin, about an 1/8 of an inch.
- Cut them out with a 2 1/2 inch cutter. Fit the dough into the cups of a tartlet pan.
- Fill each tart with a tablespoon of the sweet potato mixture.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 minutes. Cool on a rack and remove from pan.
- Roast 3 sweet potatoes in a 350 degree oven for about 1 1/2 hours. Scoop out the flesh to make 2 cups.
- Put all of the ingredients except the sweet potatoes in the bowl of a food processor. Blend thoroughly. Add sweets and puree.
- * I think roasting the potatoes really contributes to the flavor.*
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/39499-brown-butter-sweet-potato-tartlets (may not work)