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Puff pastry showstoppers
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Puff pastry showstoppers

43 ingredients 2 hr + 2 hr Makes 36 assorted tarts openrecipes

Three sweet treats for the ambitious baker to try. First up is an orange and thyme puff, then a pear, malt and butterscotch millefeuille, finishing with blackberry and lemon verbena crème brûlée custard tarts.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1500
Calories
38g
Protein
42g
Fat
247g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 19 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Blackberry 1 cup (144g) 62
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon Thyme juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Malt not in our table 0
Syrup not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 30g/1oz white wine vinegar
  • 500g/1lb 2oz plain flour
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 400g/14oz unsalted butter
  • 50g/1¾oz icing sugar
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 8 free-range egg yolks
  • 130g/4½oz caster sugar
  • 20g/¾oz cornflour
  • 700ml/1¼ pint milk
  • 50g/1¾oz white chocolate
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 unwaxed orange
  • 1-2 tsp orange extract
  • 200ml/7fl oz double cream
  • 4 sheets gelatine
  • 200ml/7fl oz orange juice
  • 2½ sheets gelatine
  • 2-3 tbsp malt extract, to taste
  • 100g/3½oz icing sugar
  • 2 tsp dried powdered malt
  • 2 pears
  • 80g/3oz unsalted butter
  • 40g/1½oz brown sugar
  • 100g/3½oz plain flour
  • 1 tsp finely chopped fresh lemon thyme
  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 50g/1¾oz soft brown sugar
  • 25g/1oz barley
  • 25g/1oz golden syrup
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • ½ lemon
  • 80ml/2½fl oz double cream
  • 700ml/1¼ pint milk
  • 2 tbsp dried lemon
  • 8 free-range egg yolks
  • 130g/4½oz caster sugar
  • 20g/1oz cornflour
  • 1 lemon
  • 1-2 tsp lemon
  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • 12 fresh lemon
  • 12 blackberries

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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