Have made these frangipane tarts for every occasion. It is easy and fast.







There is the recipe:
Ingredients:
6 small deep shortcrust pastry cases
1 egg
100g ground almonds
100g butter
90g golden caster sugar
1 orange
1 tablespoon vanilla paste or extract
1/2 a 350g jar of good-quality jam (raspberry, strawberry, orange, ...)
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Put the 6 pastry cases on a baking tray.
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Make a frangipane mixture by cracking the egg into a mixing bowl and adding 100g of almonds, 100g of butter and 90g of golden caster sugar. Grate over the zest of ½ an orange and add 1 tablespoon of vanilla paste or extract. Use a spoon to mix everything together.
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Spoon a small teaspoon of jam into each pastry base.
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Top with a heaped teaspoon of frangipane, add another small teaspoon of jam, then finally another heaped teaspoon of frangipane.
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Put the tray in the oven on the middle shelf and set the timer for 18 minutes exactly.
Let me know if you try it out and what you think!