Raspberry Tarts?

topic posted Mon, July 9, 2007 - 4:14 PM by 
We have lovely black raspberries in the garden this time of year, and I'd love a good, simple recipe for making tarts.

I got a set of 6 little tart pans, and will probably use spelt or wh.wheat pastry flour. any thoughts?

xoM
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  • Re: Raspberry Tarts?

    Wed, July 11, 2007 - 5:27 AM
    I'm going to be watching the recipe on this one too. I have trouble keeping the dough from
    major shrinkage or, even after docking, it puffs up and falls in on itself. Hope someone
    has a good recipe and superb instructions.
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      Re: Raspberry Tarts?

      Wed, July 11, 2007 - 7:37 AM
      what kind of dough are you using and are you prebaking it?
      • Re: Raspberry Tarts?

        Thu, July 19, 2007 - 5:53 AM
        I bake the franchipan into the millefeuille, fill only halfway so you have abit of depth to pile your raspberries.
        A good way to, is eclairdough baked in a millefeuille when baked, cool cut off the top and and fill with raspberries and whipped cream.
        Is it a receipe for franchipan you want or millefeuille? A lot of times I will use Pepperidge farm millefeuille from the freezersection and cut it to fit my tartforms. If I plan ahead I will make it myselve, the usual receipe I suppose nothing fancy, make sure the butter is cold and you let it rest long enough between turns. Poke the dough with a fork, before adding franchipan or eclairdough, sorry the correct name escapes me.
  • Re: Raspberry Tarts?

    Mon, July 23, 2007 - 1:39 PM
    How about:

    Improvised Raspberry Honey Tarts- Not made with pastry flour, but fun nonetheless!

    Ingredients

    1 pkg. frozen Fillo dough
    1 stick unsalted butter
    Crushed walnuts

    FILLING:
    2 pkg. fresh raspberries (1 pint)
    1/8 tsp. nutmeg
    1/8 tsp. cinnamon
    1/2 tsp. vanilla
    3 tsp. lemon zest
    1/2 C. sugar (add more to taste)

    TOPPING:
    5 oz. high-quality honey
    1/2 Tbs. lemon juice
    1/8 C. sugar
    Directions

    First, mix the raspberries, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, and zest in a large bowl. Toss until evenly, thoroughly mixed. Mix with hands if necessary, but do not crush the raspberries!

    Butter a baking sheet or sheet pan and preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

    Next, take the (thawed) Fillo dough and cut it into strips approximately 4 by 8 inches. By doing this you are cutting the stack of sheets into sixths.

    Layer the 6-8 Fillo dough strips onto the buttered pan, buttering the dough between every two layers with a brush. Be gentle; you don't want to tear the dough.

    Place 2 Tbs. of the filling (approximately 4-6 raspberries) onto the corner of the layered strips, then flag-fold the dough over itself, starting from the corner with the filling. If you do it right, the folded dough should resemble a rough triangle.

    Repeat the process until you run out of dough, filling, space, or all of the above. Liberally butter the tops of the uncooked pastries, then lightly sprinkle them with crushed walnuts.

    Place in the oven and bake until golden brown and flaky; the time figure is APPROXIMATE, so watch them carefully.

    To make the topping, combine the honey, lemon juice, and sugar in a pan and heat on low until the sugar dissolves (do not let it boil!).

    After the pastries are done, drizzle the topping across and serve warm. Enjoy!

    Note: After a couple days of storage, the Fillo dough gets soggy because of the moisture in the raspberries, so either eat it quickly or consider using puff pastry dough.
    Serving Size

    10-12
    Preparation Time

    30 minutes
  • Re: Raspberry Tarts?

    Wed, July 25, 2007 - 3:48 PM
    I would consider making a Sable dough (short dough) with All purpose and/ or the whole wheat flour.
    I fill mine with pastry cream and set the washed raspberries on top.
    For a more ' finished ' look - for banquets and such ... I warm strained apricot jam and brush it into the berries and then finish the sides of the tartlets with crushed toasted Almonds or toasted coconut.

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