Fruit Tartlets with Blackberry Sauce
Lime Curd:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup fresh lime juice
10 large egg yolks
1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
Crusts:
1 1/4 cups shelled pistachios
2 cups macadamia nuts
1/2 cup sweetened coconut cflakes
12 cup firmly packed golden brown sugar
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 large egg whites
Blackberry Sauce:
10 oz bag frozen blackberries
Topping:
2 kiwi fruits, peeled, thinly sliced
1 p raspberries
1 p blueberries
12 large strawberries, hulled, thinly sliced
>how to make<
(for lime curd)
*In a large bowl whisk the sugar, lime juice, and egg yols together until blended.
*Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water--do not allow the bottom of the bowl to touch the water--and whisk constantly until the mixture thickens, about 9 minutes.
*Remove bowl from heat.
*Gradually add butter, whisking until melted and well blended.
*Press plastic wrap directly on surface of the curd.
*Refrigerate until cold, about 3 hours.
(for crust)
*Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
*Spray tight 4" diameter tartlet pans with removablebottoms with nonstick cooking spray.
*Combine the nuts, coconut, borown sugar, and graham cracker crumbs in a food processor.
*Process until the nuts are finely chopped.
*Transfer to a large bowl.
*In another bowl beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
*Fold whites into the nut mixture in 3 batches.
*Let mixture stand 10 minutes.
*Using plastic wrap as an aid, press about 1/3 cup nut mixture onto the bottoms and up the sides of each prepared pan.
*Place the pans on a baking sheet.
*Bake until crusts are puffed and beginning to brown, about 20 minutes.
*Cool crusts in pans 5 minutes.
*Using an oven mitt, gently remove the pan sides.
*Cool crusts completely on wire rack.
(for blackberry sauce)
*Puree the blackberries in a processor until smooth.
*Transfer to sieve over a small bowl and push the sauce through with the back of a spoon in order to catch the seeds.
*Transger blackberry sauce to a squeeze bottle.
(for serving)
*Fill each crust with some of the lime curd.
*Arrange the fruit decoratively over curd.
*Place tartlet on a plate and drizzle with blackberry sauce.
-serves 8-
Note: I found this recipe in "Friends at the Table".
Labels: blackberry sauce recipe, fruit tartlet recipe, macademia nuts crust recipe, pistachio crust resipe, tartlet recipe