Pistachio Tartlets with Clementine Custard

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Pistachio Tartlets with Clementine

Custard

 

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Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Veggie

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation

Method

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Pistachio Tartlet Crust:

1/2 cup flour -- + 2 tsps

1/2 cup ground pistachio nuts -- + 2

tsps

1/2 tsp sugar

1 pinch salt

2 Tb chilled butter -- (veg

shortening for non-dairy), sliced to 1/4-inch (do it

in spoonfuls of cold milk/ water so don't warm)

Clementine Custard:

1/4 cup sugar

1 Tb cornstarch

1 Tb flour

1 pinch salt

1 cup clementine juice -- divided

1 egg yolk

zest from one clementine --

(only if your clementine is organic)

1/2 tb butter

1 dash lemon extract

 

Pistachio Tartlets: In a large mixing bowl, combine

flour, pistachio, sugar and salt. Drop in butter

slices and use a pastry blender to cut them as the

size of tiny bean.

 

Add milk (or water) very little by little, you only

need the mass just holds together, don't make it dough

wet nor sticky! Wrap dough, chill in fridge for half

an hour.

 

Pre-heat oven 375F. Roll the dough to no more than 1/2

cm thick. Use cookie cutter/glass (mine the dia. 7cm)

to cut out circles, lay them into a mini-tart tray.

Bake until the edge just turns slightly golden. Unmold

to let cool.

 

Makes: 10 tartlets

 

Clementine Custard: In a bowl, whisk 1/2 cup

clementine juice and yolk to combine, set aside.

 

In a pot, well mix 1/2 cup clementine juice, sugar,

starch, flour and salt, turn the heat on, stir

constantly, bring to boil.

 

Add half of the boiling mixture into yolk mixture,

whisk immediately (tempering). Then return the whole

yolk mixture into the pot, keep stirring and heat (on

low) until boil. Turn the heat off, add butter and

lemon extract to combine.

 

Spoon the hot custard into the pre-baked tart shells.

 

For non-dairy version, just spoon marmalade into the

pistachio tartlets to serve.

 

Source:

" Kitchen Unplugged, Posted by Gattina , January 25,

2007 "

S(MC format by Chupa Babi):

" 12.17.07 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 395 Calories;

27g Fat (60.6% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 35g

Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 83mg Cholesterol;

264mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean

Meat; 0 Fruit; 5 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

 

NOTES : AuthorNote: For the shells, I like the above

specified method which will yield very flaky texture.

I wish it could be more green though, so I may

experiment another method (which will yield

shortbread-alike crust), in that case I'm probably

allowed to increase a lot more pistachio. For the

custard, it's very light and not fatty, but in a

tartlet it really can go further rich, I'm thinking

cheese version, or egg-enriched version.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 901139 0 0 222 0 0 0 0 0 5250 0 0 0

0

 

 

 

 

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