Bing's Fruit Tarts
Photo: Bing
Ingredients
12 sweet pastry cases (home-made or store bought)
3/4 cup frozen blueberries
3/4 cup canned mandarin oranges segments
1 cup thickened (or double) cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon gelatin granules (plain, unflavoured)
2 1/2 tablespoons water
Preparation
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When the mixture is well mixed and has thickened, set aside in the fridge till ready to use.
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Now prepare the fruits. Cut off the green leaves/stems from the 6 strawberries and half them across the centre so that there are 12 pieces. One for each case.
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Drain the mandarin oranges and set aside 3/4 cup of it. Set aside 3/4 cup of frozen blueberries.
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Lay the fruits nicely on the cream. I placed the strawberry at one side, 2 pieces of mandarin oranges at the other side and the rest of the case was filled with blueberries.
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Set tarts aside in the fridge.
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In a small bowl, add 1 tablespoon of gelatin granules. Add 2.5 tablespoons of hot water. Stir till gelatin granules are dissolved.
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Dip a pastry brush into the gelatin mixture and brush the top of the tarts with it. This helps to give the tarts a nice gloss, and holds all the fruit in place when it has set.
Tools
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About
These are really easy to make as I have used lots of shortcuts, and they are really delicious. Everyone, from old to young, will love these.
For a step by step tutorial, check out the following link (available from 18 June 2010) -
http://www.storyofbing.com/?p=5540
Yield:
12
Added:
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 5:21am