Rhubarb Raspberry Mini Tarts Recipes

INDIVIDUAL RHUBARB AND RASPBERRY TARTLETS

Steps:

• Combine rhubarb, berries, 1/2 cup flour, and sugar in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Divide dough evenly into 8 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece of dough into a rough circle about 7 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick. Chill dough until just cold and easy to work with, about 30 minutes.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon flour in the center of each unbaked shell. Cover with about 1/2 cup rhubarb mixture, spreading the mixture out to about 1 inch from edge of shell. Fold edges of the shells over the rhubarb filling, leaving the tarts open in the center; gently brush between the folds with water, and press gently on folds so that the dough adheres together. Transfer tarts to two parchment-lined baking sheets, arranging them so that they are several inches apart. Return to the refrigerator to chill at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove the tarts from the refrigerator, brush them with water, and sprinkle with sugar. Place in oven to bake until the crust is golden brown, about 30 minutes, rotating pans halfway through. Reduce heat to 350 degrees, and continue to bake until the juices are bubbly and just starting to run out from center of each tartlet, 10 to 12 minutes more, rotating pans as needed. Transfer immediately to a wire rack, and let cool before serving.

MINI RHUBARB AND RASPBERRY GALETTES

Steps:

• Divide dough evenly into 8 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece to a 7-inch round, 1/8 inch thick. Transfer rounds to 2 large parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets, arranging several inches apart. (If rounds become too soft to handle, refrigerate until firm, about 20 minutes.)
• In a large bowl, toss to combine rhubarb, raspberries, cornstarch, and granulated sugar.
• Cover each round of dough with a heaping 1/2 cup rhubarb mixture, leaving a 1-inch border. Fold edges over rhubarb filling, leaving an opening in center; gently brush water between folds, and press gently so that folds adhere. Refrigerate or freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brush edges of dough with water, and sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake until crusts are golden brown, about 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees, and bake until juices bubble and start to run out from center of each galette, 15 minutes more. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely before serving.

MINI STRAWBERRY RHUBARB TARTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 9 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
• On large cutting board, unroll pie crust. Using 2-inch round cutter, cut pie crust into 9 rounds. Press each round into bottom of muffin cup.
• In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add rhubarb; cook about 5 minutes or until slightly softened. Reduce heat to medium. Add strawberries, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and almond extract; cook about 10 minutes, stirring every minute to keep mixture from burning on bottom of skillet, until mixture is the thickness of strawberry preserves.
• Spoon 2 tablespoons rhubarb-strawberry mixture into each crust-lined muffin cup.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until edges of crust are light golden brown. Remove from muffin cups to cooling rack. Cool about 15 minutes.
• To serve, top each tart with whipped cream. Garnish with fresh strawberries.

RASPBERRY RHUBARB TART

Steps:

• Press the pie crust into a tart pan.
• In a bowl, toss the remaining ingredients together.
• The flour will help thicken it a bit, while the sugar will add some sweetness and help draw the juices out.
• Next pour the mixture in your pie crust and bake for about an hour at 450 degrees.
• Once the tart has cooled, paint on some warmed red currant jelly and sift some powdered sugar over the top.

RHUBARB RASPBERRY MINI TARTS

Steps:

• Disolve cornstarch in 3 Tbsp of water and set aside. Combine rhubarb, raspberries, sugar, agave, vanilla, and salt in a large saucepan and cook until sugar is dissolved (about 4 minutes). Add cornstarch mixture and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Rhubarb will not be tender and cut pieces will be intact. Transfer contents to a bowl and put in refrigerator to cool for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Open 1 box of crusts and unroll onto a flat, floured surface. Place one rolled out crust on top if the other and press firmly to seal together. You can use a homemade crust, but the end result should be about 3/16" thick. Cut crust and press dough into 2-2 1/2" diameter mini tart pan(s). Save excess dough. The pan I use has places for 12 mini tarts. Use the beaten egg to apply an egg wash to the crusts in the pan. If desired, you can sprinkle raw or large crystal sugar on the edges of the tarts. Put filling in each of the tarts (3-4 pieces of rhubarb per tart). Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbling 20-30 minutes. Cool in tart pan on wire rack. Repeat process with second box of crusts, and then combine the scraps of the two boxes and roll onto a flat, floured surface until dough is about 3/16". Serve on their own or with your favorite vanilla custard sauce.