Leipziger Lerchen almond and apricot tartlets
Shortcrust tartlets with apricot jam and almond cream beneath crossed pastry strips.
Active time45 min
Cooking30 min
Total2 h
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Ingredients
- 255 g unsalted butter
- 5 eggs
- 200 g ground almonds
- 3 drops food-grade bitter almond flavouring
- 150 g apricot jam
- 268 g plain flour
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 50 g granulated sugar
- 150 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp brandy
Preparation
Let this step’s butter portion soften. Mix 250 g flour with 125 g softened butter, the granulated sugar, 1 egg, brandy and salt. Knead briefly just to bring together. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
255 g unsalted butter5 eggs268 g plain flour1 pinch of fine salt50 g granulated sugar1 tsp brandy- mixing bowl
- spatula
- cover
Let this step’s butter portion soften. Take the 4 eggs for the filling. Separate one and reserve its yolk for the glaze. Beat 125 g softened butter with the icing sugar. Add the separated white and remaining filling eggs and beat. Mix in 8 g flour, the cornflour, almonds and flavouring.
200 g ground almonds3 drops food-grade bitter almond flavouring1 tbsp cornflour150 g icing sugar- mixing bowl
- electric mixer
- spatula
Heat the conventional oven to 180 °C. Grease a muffin tin for 12 tartlets with 5 g butter. Dust the worktop with 10 g flour, roll the pastry and cut the bases with a 9 cm cutter. Line the wells. Cut the remaining pastry into 24 strips about 6 cm by 0.5 cm. Divide all the jam between the bases, then add the almond cream. Cross the strips over each tartlet and brush with the beaten reserved yolk. Bake for about 30 minutes until golden. Cool to lukewarm, carefully unmould and cool on a rack.
150 g apricot jam- oven
- muffin tin
- rolling pin
- round cutter
- knife
- pastry brush
- wire rack
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
- Tree nuts
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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