Bread and Maple Cream Tartlets
- Prep time
30 minutes - Cooking time
15 minutes - 12
Tartlet crusts:
- 12 slices of Homestyle bread
- 2 tbsp butter (to top the crusts)
Maple cream:
- 1 cup lactose-free 35% cream
- ¾ cup pure maple syrup
- ½ cup maple brown sugar
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tbsp lactose-free butter
Maple whipped cream:
- ½ cup lactose-free 35% cream
- 2 tbsp maple brown sugar
Tartlet crusts:
- Preheat the oven to 350º F.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out each slice of bread (making it as thin as possible) by using quarter-turns.
- Cut out discs using a cookie-cutter or scissors.
- Butter the discs with a pastry brush or using your fingers.
- Place each disc in a muffin pan, taking care to leave the buttered side facing up.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until the sides are golden.
- Remove from oven, place on a cooling rack, and set aside.
Maple cream:
- In a pot, bring the cream, maple syrup, and maple sugar to a boil.
- In a bowl, mix the cornstarch and water.
- Whisking thoroughly, add the cornstarch mixture to the pot with the cream.
- Continue whisking until thickened and remove from heat.
- Add the butter and continue whisking.
- Transfer the maple cream to a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap pressed down onto the preparation.
Maple whipped cream:
- Beat the 35% cream and maple sugar to a firm consistency, making sure it is not granular.
Assembly:
- Filled the tartlet crusts with the still-warm maple cream.
- Give the maple cream a few minutes to cool.
- Complete the assembly by topping the tartlets with the whipped cream.
*Recipe courtesy of Ann-Rika Martin