Brandied Sour Cherry and Pear Tartlets Recipe

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Brandied Sour Cherry and Pear Tartlets
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Ingredients
13
Count
Nutrition
430
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make pastry: Blend together flour, salt, butter, shortening, and 2 tablespoons sugar with your fingertips or a pastry blender in a large bowl (or pulse in a food processor, then transfer to a large bowl) just until most of mixture resembles coarse meal with small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps. Drizzle evenly with 1/2 cup ice water and gently stir with a fork until incorporated.
  2. Squeeze a small handful: If it doesn't hold together, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until just incorporated, then test again. (Do not overwork mixture, or pastry will be tough.)
  3. Turn out mixture onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 8 portions. With heel of your hand, smear each portion once or twice in a forward motion to help distribute fat. Gather dough together with scraper and divide into 2 balls, one slightly larger than the other, then flatten each into a 5- to 6-inch disk. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.
  4. Make filling while pastry chills: Peel, halve, and core pears. Cut pears into 1/4-inch dice, then stir together with remaining filling ingredients in a 3-quart heavy pot. Bring to a boil, stirring, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 10 minutes. Transfer filling to a shallow dish and cool to room temperature.
  5. Make tartlet tops: Roll out smaller disk of dough into a 13-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin, lifting up dough carefully and flouring surface as necessary to keep dough from sticking.
  6. Cut out as many rounds as possible (about 12) with 3 1/2-inch fluted cutter, transferring as cut to a wax-paper-lined baking sheet. Chill rounds until firm, about 10 minutes, before decorating. Gather dough scraps and chill 20 to 30 minutes, then reroll, cut, and chill additional 31/2-inch rounds (reroll scraps only once) for a total of 16.
  7. Cut out shapes from rounds with decorative cutters or a sharp paring knife, leaving a 1/2-inch border around edge, and reserve cutout pieces if desired for additional decoration. Brush tops lightly with milk. Lightly press reserved cutouts (if using) onto decorated pastry rounds and brush lightly with milk. Sprinkle remaining tablespoon sugar evenly over tops and chill while making bottoms.
  8. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
  9. Make tartlet bottoms: Roll out larger disk of dough into a 15-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) on floured surface with floured rolling pin, lifting up dough carefully and flouring surface as necessary to keep dough from sticking. Cut out as many rounds as possible (about 12) with 4-inch cutter. Gather dough scraps and chill 20 to 30 minutes, then reroll and cut additional 4-inch rounds (reroll scraps only once) for a total of 16. Fit each 4-inch round into a tartlet pan (don't trim). Fill each tartlet with 3 tablespoons cooled filling and brush edge of pastry lightly with milk. Place decorated tops over filling in each tartlet, then press each top lightly around edge to help seal edges and trim pastry if necessary.
  10. Bake tartlets: Bake tartlets on a large baking sheet until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer tartlets to a rack and cool 10 minutes. To remove tartlets from pans, cover 1 hand with a folded kitchen towel and invert tartlets 1 at a time onto towel, reinverting them onto a platter. Serve warm or at room temperature.
  11. Cooks' notes: ·Disks of pastry dough can be chilled up to 1 day. Let stand at room temperature about 20 minutes to soften slightly before rolling out. ·Filling can be made 1 day ahead and cooled, uncovered, then chilled, covered. ·Assembled tartlets (unbaked) can be made 1 week ahead and frozen, wrapped well in plastic wrap. Do not thaw before baking. ·Tartlets can be baked 1 day ahead and kept, loosely covered, at room temperature. Reheat in a 350°F oven until warm, 10 to 15 minutes. ·Instead of 16 tartlets, you can make 1 (10-inch) tart. Use slightly larger decorative cutouts, if desired, and bake longer, about 50 to 60 minutes total.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 429.95 Kcal (1800 kJ)
Calories from fat 266.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 29.66g 46%
Cholesterol 64.84mg 22%
Sodium 157.19mg 7%
Potassium 139.01mg 3%
Total Carbs 33.8g 11%
Sugars 9.03g 36%
Dietary Fiber 2.55g 10%
Protein 3.47g 7%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 0.4mg 2%
Calcium 33.7mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 279.81 Kcal (1172 kJ)
Calories from fat 173.74 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.3g 46%
Cholesterol 42.19mg 22%
Sodium 102.3mg 7%
Potassium 90.47mg 3%
Total Carbs 22g 11%
Sugars 5.88g 36%
Dietary Fiber 1.66g 10%
Protein 2.26g 7%
Vitamin C 2.3mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 9%
Iron 0.2mg 2%
Calcium 21.9mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 10.6
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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