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Valrhona Pumpkin Tarts

Made with Valrhona Cocoa Powder
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time45 minutes
Seasonal: Thanksgiving
Servings: 6 mini tarts

Equipment

  • 1 Whisk
  • 1 Cling Film
  • 1 Refrigerator
  • 1 tart tin
  • 1 baking paper
  • 1 Oven
  • 1 tart pan

Ingredients

SWEET ALMOND SHORTCRUST PASTRY

  • 45 g powdered sugar
  • 15  g ground almonds
  • 130 g flour
  • 60 g butter
  • 1 egg

PUMPKIN GARNISH

  • 75 g brown sugar
  • 75 g sugar
  • 1 tbsp corn or potato starch
  • 1 tbsp gingerbread spice (mainly cinnamon and ginger)
  • 250 ml lukewarm milk
  • 500 g steamed pumpkin flesh
  • 1/2 tsp salt

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Instructions

SWEET ALMOND SHORTCRUST PASTRY

  • Mix together the butter, icing sugar, ground hazelnuts, flour and salt.
  • Add the egg and mix again.
  • Form into a ball, cover with cling film and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
  • Roll out to a thickness of 3 mm, line a tart tin with it, cover with baking paper and bake with baking balls or rice.
  • Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 170 °C.

PUMPKIN GARNISH

  • Whisk together the cornstarch, salt, spices, sugar and brown sugar.
  • Add the mashed, steamed pumpkin flesh. 
  • Beat the eggs and lukewarm milk and add to the other prepared mixture.
  • Place on the short crust pastry in the tart pan.
  • Bake in the oven at high temperature (230 °C) for 5 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 180 °C and continue baking for approx. 20 minutes.
  • Sprinkle some cocoa powder over for additional garnishing!