Sour Cherry Tartlets
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg, beaten to blend
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 3-inch-long strips lemon peel (yellow part only)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (about) sour cherry jam
- Powdered sugar
- Mix first 4 ingredients in medium bowl.
- Add butter.
- Rub in with fingers until butter is size of small peas.
- Add egg; mix until dough comes together.
- Gather into ball.
- Shape into 5-inch-long log.
- Wrap in waxed paper; chill 1 hour.
- Whisk yolks and 1/4 cup sugar in heavy small saucepan.
- Whisk in flour, then milk.
- Add lemon peel.
- Bring to boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Whisk in vanilla.
- Transfer to bowl.
- Press plastic wrap onto surface.
- Chill until cold, about 1 hour.
- (Pastry and pastry cream can be made 1 day ahead.
- Keep chilled.)
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Cut dough into twenty 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- Roll out 1 dough slice between sheets of floured plastic wrap to 3 1/2-inch round.
- Transfer to 3-inch-diameter tartlet pan with 1/2-inch-high sides.
- Repeat with 9 more dough pieces and tartlet pans.
- Remove lemon peel from pastry cream.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon pastry cream into each crust.
- Top each with 2 teaspoons jam.
- Roll remaining 10 dough pieces out between sheets of floured plastic wrap to 3 1/2-inch rounds.
- Place 1 round atop each tartlet.
- Pinch dough edges together to seal.
- Place tartlets on baking sheet.
- Bake until pastry is golden on top, about 30 minutes.
- Using small knife, loosen tartlets from pans.
- Remove from pans.
- Transfer to rack; cool.
- Sift powdered sugar over.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sour-cherry-tartlets-4018 (may not work)