Mini Fruit Tarts Recipe
Delicious and elegant mini fruit tarts with a buttery pastry crust and creamy vanilla pastry cream, topped with a colorful assortment of fresh fruit. These individual tarts are perfect for any occasion and will impress your guests with both their presentation and flavor.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 3 hours
- Yield: 12 mini tarts 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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Pastry Cream:
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- pinch of salt
- 5 large egg yolks
- 3 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp unsalted or salted butter (optional)
Tart Dough:
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 250 g all-purpose flour (2 cups spooned and leveled)
Additional:
- Strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, peaches, etc.
Instructions
- Pastry Cream – In a saucepan, bring milk, vanilla, and salt to a simmer. Whisk egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch. Slowly add hot milk to egg mixture. Cook until thickened, then strain and chill.
- Tart Dough – Cream butter, sugar, and salt. Mix in egg, then add flour. Shape dough, chill, and roll out.
- Baking Tarts – Preheat oven, roll out dough, line tart pans, chill, then bake until golden.
- Assembling Mini Fruit Tarts – Cut fruit, fill tart shells with pastry cream, top with fruit, and glaze if desired.
Notes
- Handle the tart dough gently to prevent shrinkage.
- Chill the tart shells before baking for a flakier crust.
- You can customize the fruit toppings based on your preferences.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini tart
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
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