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Blueberry Coconut Tartlets
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Blueberry Coconut Tartlets
Recipe: Blueberry Coconut Tartlets
Pastry Chef Allyson Buchta, Phil’s Cookshop, Lexington, Kentucky
To accent the lush tropical feeling of these Blueberry-Coconut Tartlets, plate them with mango sorbet, mango slices and more fresh blueberries.
Ingredients
- Flour: 1 cup
- Toasted shredded coconut, divided: 1-1⁄3 cups
- Baking powder: 1⁄8 teaspoon
- Unsalted butter: ½ cup
- Condensed milk: 1 (14-ounce) can
- Eggs, lightly beaten: 2
- Blueberries: 2 cups
Instructions
- To prepare the crust: In a bowl, combine flour, 1⁄3 cup of the coconut and the baking powder
- Stir until blended
- Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until coarse crumbs form
- Mix in 2 tablespoons water
- Knead mixture to form a dough
- Wrap in plastic
- Chill at least 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- On a lightly floured surface, divide dough into 6 equal pieces
- Roll each into a 4-inch circle
- Place pastry in six 3-inch tartlet pans
- Prick bottom crusts
- Bake 10 minutes
- Cool on a wire rack
- In a bowl, combine condensed milk, eggs and the remaining 1 cup coconut
- Stir in blueberries
- Spoon about 1⁄3 cup mixture into each shell
- Bake until filling is set, about 25 minutes
- Sprinkle with shredded coconut and serve with mango sorbet, if desired
Number of servings (yield): 6