RECIPES
All recipesCitrus tartlet
FOR THIS RECIPE
- For 15 individual tarts (diameter: 8 cm).
RECIPE STEPS
1/ Pâte sablée
INGREDIENTS
- 240 g slightly salted butter, softened
- 90 g egg
- 160 g icing sugar
- 55 g ground almonds
- 450 g type 55 flour
- 2 g Vanilla essence
Mix all the ingredients together, except the flour.
Add the flour last.
Mix very little.
Line the tart tins (8 cm diameter)
Bake blind at 150 °C for 20 mins.
2/ Citrus frangipane
INGREDIENTS
- 95 g butter
- 80 g sugar
- 92 g ground almonds
- 65 g eggs
- 25 g maizena
- 150 g plain crème pâtissière* (see recipe at bottom of page)
- 2 g lemon zest
- 2 g orange zest
- 50 g wild Kochi yuzu
Beat the softened butter together with the sugar and ground almonds.
Add the eggs a little at a time.
Add the crème pâtissière to the above mixture.
Then add the maizena, followed by the citrus zest.
3/ Crème pâtissière (plain)*
INGREDIENTS
- 125 g milk
- 1 whole egg
- 40 g sugar
- 22 g custard powder or maizena
Pipe 25 g of frangipane into each tart base.
Then arrange cubes of candied lemon and orange on top (rinsed in hot water first).
Bake for a further 15 to 20 mins at 155 °C.
4/ Citrus Chantilly
INGREDIENTS
- 125 g mascarpone
- 375 g cream
- 60 g sugar
- 4 g gelatine, softened in:
- 20 g water
- 1 g orange zest
- 1 g lime zest
Mix the mascarpone, cream and sugar together with the citrus zest.
Take about 120 g to 150 g of that liquid and heat in the microwave to melt the gelatine/water mix into it.
Incorporate back into the first mixture using a stick blender.
5/ Assembling the tartlet
Whip up the Chantilly and pipe dots into the tartlet case.
Next arrange the citrus segments on top.
Spray with glaze – either plain or flavoured with yuzu juice (5%).
Decorate with orange and lime zest.
BRIEFLY
Laurent Le Daniel has just been named a Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite. Congratulations to him for this prestigious award, which rewards a passionate pastry chef very invested in the sustainability of his profession.
Prepare Valentine’s Day! Take the time to discover the chocolate or fruity sweets offered by our chefs for sale online. By ordering this week you will be delivered on time.
The French team is selected for the Pastry World Cup! She won the European Cup ahead of Italy and the United Kingdom who are also selected for the grand final in January at Sirha.
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