Mini Blueberry Tarts: Great For Afternoon Tea.
Hello friends.
Yummy Mini Blueberry Tarts anyone?
Mini Blueberry Tarts: Great For Afternoon Tea:
Makes 24
Ingredients:
For The Pastry:
225g/8oz plain flour
40g/1 ½ oz icing sugar
40g/1 ½ oz caster sugar
175g/6oz chilled butter
finely grated rind and juice of 1 small orange
For The Filling:
25g/1oz caster sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon
125g/4 ½ oz blueberries
75g/3oz cream cheese
icing sugar, to decorate
Method:
1.) Sift the flour and sugars into a mixing bowl.
2.) Cut the butter into small pieces, stir these into the flour and then rub gently with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3.) Mix the orange rind and juice together, then stir into the flour mixture, using a knife, until the dough just begins to stick together.
4.) Gather up the dough and pat into a ball, cover with food wrap and chill for 30 minutes before using.
5.) Preheat the oven to 220 C/425 F/gas Mark 7.
6.)Lightly grease a 24-hole mini muffin tin.
For The Filling:
1.) Mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
2.) Wash the blueberries, shaking off the excess water, add to the sugar and spice mix, stir so that it sticks to the blueberries.
3.) On a floured surface, roll out the pastry.
4.) Using a 7.5cm/3″ fluted pastry cutter, cut out 24 rounds, re-rolling the pastry if necessary.
5.) Line the greased pastry tin with the rounds.
6.) Place half a teaspoon of cream cheese in the base of each then top with the blueberries, pushing them down slightly.
7.) Bake for 8 minutes until the pastry is lightly golden.
8.) Allow pastries to rest in the tin for 5 minutes before carefully removing.
9.) Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve warm with brandy- flavoured whipped cream.
10.) These pastries freeze well, warm in the oven before serving.
Mini Blueberry Tarts: Great For Afternoon Tea.
Recipe and photo credit by- Seasonal Berries.
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