Mango-Pineapple Tartlets
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons softened unsalted butter
- 1/4 ripe pineapple, peeled and finely diced
- 2 1/2 ripe mangoes, peeled, 1 finely diced, 1 1/2 sliced
- 2 bananas, peeled and thinly sliced
- Granulated sugar to taste
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine the flour, sugar, almond flour and salt.
- Separately cream 7 tablespoons of the butter and slowly blend in the flour mixture until the texture is sandy.
- Spread on a large sheet pan and bake until golden at the edges, about 10 minutes.
- Cool.
- Transfer the mixture to a food processor and process until it resembles coarse sand.
- Add the remaining 5 tablespoons of butter, pulsing until combined.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and divide mixture among 6 4-inch bottomless pastry rings, packing it firmly in.
- Bake until just browned, about 10 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Meanwhile, combine the pineapple, diced mango and 1/2cup water in a saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the fruit softens and the water evaporates, about 15 minutes.
- Add the bananas and cook 3 minutes more.
- Taste, adding a few teaspoons of sugar if desired.
- Set aside to cool.
- Remove the rings from the cooled tart shells.
- Divide the cooked fruit among the tarts, spread gently and top each with mango slices.
- Using a spatula, carefully transfer tarts to plates.
- Serve with ice cream.
flour, powdered sugar, almond flour, salt, butter, pineapple, mangoes, bananas, sugar
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9858 (may not work)