Maple and Pecans Creamy Tartlets
- 2 12 cups flour
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 14 cup cold butter, diced
- 14 cup cold shortening, diced
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 egg, cold
- 2 tablespoons cold water (around)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 cups maple syrup
- 13 cup heavy cream
- 14 cup flour
- 3 eggs
- 23 cup pecans or 23 cup walnuts, roughly chopped
- Tartlets Crust Preparation : In a large bowl, mix flour and salt.
- Add butter and shortening, and with a pastry blender or with 2 knifes, work the mixture until it has the texture of rough breadcrumbs.
- Add sugar and stir.
- In another bowl, beat the egg, water and lemon juice.
- Pour slowly the egg mixture in the flour mixture, mixing fast with a fork until the mixture forms a dough (add a little bit more water if needed).
- Separate the dough into two equal parts, flatten each part in a disc and wrap with plastic wrap.
- Put in the fridge for at least 1 hour or until the dough is firm.
- (You can do this in advance and put it in the fridge.
- It will be good up to 3 days in the fridge).
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out a serving of dough to a thickness of 1/8 inch.
- With a round pastry cutter of 5 inches of diameter, cut 5 or 6 circles of dough in the dough.
- Do the same with the remaining dough.
- (roll out the remaining dough, if needed, and keep it for another use).
- Put the circles in medium muffin tins grooving lightlly the surround.
- Put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Garnish Preparation : In a bowl, with a whisk, mix maple syrup, cream, flour and eggs.
- Spread pecans in the crusts, then pour the maple syrup garnish (fill to 3/4).
- Cook in the preheated oven of 400 F on the third lower rack 15 to 20 minutes or until the garnish is bubbly and crust is golden.
- Remove from oven and let cool on a rack for 10 minutes.
- Put the blade of a knife on the surround of the muffin tins to loose the tartlets.
- Unfold delicately on the rack.
- Let cool.
flour, salt, cold butter, cold shortening, sugar, egg, cold water, lemon juice, maple syrup, heavy cream, flour, eggs, pecans
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/maple-and-pecans-creamy-tartlets-292567 (may not work)