Creamy Walnut Tartlets

You will love these Tartelettes au Noix! French walnut tartlets are crunchy and creamy caramelized filling with a hint of orange and similar to pecan pie. | ethnicspoon.com

You will love these Tartelettes au Noix! French walnut tartlets are crunchy with a creamy caramelized filling with a hint of orange and similar to pecan pie.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: French

Keyword: scratch recipe, tart baking

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 25

Total Time: 45

Servings: tartlets

Calories: 784kcal

Author: Analida Braeger

Ingredients

Dough

1 ¾ cups flour
3 Tbsp sugar
⅛ tsp salt
8 Tbsp unsalted butter cold, cut into pieces
1 egg
1 Tbsp milk beaten with 1 egg above
1 egg beaten with 1 Tbsp water (for brushing)

Filling

1 cup sugar
½ cup half and half
½ cup cream
8 oz walnuts coarsely chopped
½ tsp vanilla
1 tsp orange peel

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F.
To prepare the dough place flour , sugar and salt in the food processor and pulse a few times. Add the butter and pulse a few times. Pour in the egg and milk mixture and keep pulsing until the mixture comes together.
Turn onto a floured surface, and shape into a 12" cylinder. Cut into 6 equal 2" pieces. Roll out each individual piece to fit into a tartlet pan. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of each tarlet pan, and cover with pie weights. Place in the freezer for 45 minutes.
Bake for about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and quickly remove the pie weight and parchment paper. Brush all sides with the egg wash while hot.
While the dough is in the freezer prepare the filling: in a saucepan heat cream, half and half, and sugar on medium heat until it starts to boil. Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts, vanilla, and orange peel.
Fill the individual tartlets, then bake on oven rack for 20-25 minutes or until the filling has set.
Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack.

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