Raspberry Topped Orange Custard Tartlets Recipes

FRENCH-STYLE ORANGE CUSTARD TART

Steps:

• Make the pastry: whisk together the flour and salt in a big bowl; with a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles small crumbs.
• Add the water 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing lightly with a fork after each addition, until the dough just comes together if a small bit is pressed between your fingers; do not overmix.
• Shape the dough into a disk; wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or for up to 2 days (if it has been chilled overnight or longer, let the dough stand at room temperature for 20 minutes before rolling it out).
• On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll the pastry into a 14-inch round.
• Fold the pastry in half and transfer it to an 11-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom.
• Unfold the pastry and gently press it into the bottom and up the sides of the pan with your fingertips.
• Trim the overhanging pastry to 1 inch.
• Fold the overhang in and then press the dough against the sides of the pan so it extends about 1/4 inch above the rim; refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425°.
• Press a piece of heavy-duty foil snugly into the bottom and up the sides of the pastry shell and fill with uncooked rice or dried beans; bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove the foil and rice, and bake for 8-10 minutes longer, until golden (if the shell puffs up during baking, gently press it down with the back of a spoon); let cool on a wire rack; decrease oven temperature to 350°.
• Make the filling: whisk together the eggs, sugar, orange zest, lemon zest, orange juice, lemon juice, and salt in a medium bowl until well combined; whisk in the creme fraiche.
• Carefully pour the filing into the cooled tart shell; place on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, or until the edges are set but the center is still slightly jiggly; cool completely on a wire rack.
• To serve, remove the side of the pan and cut into wedges; you may dust the tart with powdered sugar and serve with fragrant ripe strawberries.

RASPBERRY-TOPPED ORANGE CUSTARD TARTLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 12 tartlet pans with 3-inch-diameter tops, 1 1/4-inch bottoms and 1 1/4-inch high sides (1/4 cup capacity) with vegetable oil spray. Press scant 1 1/2 tablespoons dough evenly onto bottom and up sides of each pan. Arrange pans on large baking sheet. Bake until crusts are golden brown, piercing with fork if crusts bubble, about 12 minutes. Transfer pans to rack and cool crust.
• Bring milk to simmer in heavy medium saucepan. Whisk yolks, sugar, orange juice, cornstarch and peel in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in hot milk. Return mixture to same pan. Whisk over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils 1 minute. Pour pastry cream into small bowl. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface of pastry cream. Cover and refrigerate until cold. about 4 hours. (Crust and pastry cream can be made 1 day ahead. Remove crusts from tartlet pans. Store crusts in airtight containers. Keep pastry cream chilled.)
• Spoon about 1 generous tablespoon pastry cream into each crust. Arrange raspberries decoratively atop pastry cream. Refrigerate tartlets until well chilled, about 1 hour. Lightly sift powdered sugar over tartlets and serve.
• Mix flour, powdered sugar and salt in processor. Add butter; process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix egg yolks and water in small bowl. Add to flour mixture and process until moist clumps form.
• Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk for round tart or into square for rectangular tart. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Keep refrigerated. Let dough soften briefly at room temperature before rolling out.