Squashed peach & almond tarts

Squashed peach & almond tarts

By Barney Desmazery
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Prep: 30 mins Cook: 20 mins

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Serves 4
A melt-in-the-mouth summer treat

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal672
  • fat51g
  • saturates20g
  • carbs44g
  • sugars21g
  • fibre3g
  • protein12g
  • salt0.94g
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Ingredients

  • 100g ground almonds
  • 100g butter, softened
    Butter

    Butter

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    Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…

  • 1 egg
    Eggs

    Egg

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    The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…

  • 50g sugar
    Sugar

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    Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…

  • 250g (half a 500g block) puff pastry
  • 3 peaches, halved, stoned and finely sliced
    Peaches

    Peach

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    Sweet, juicy and fragrant, peaches are one of the most beautiful fruit around. Around the size…

Method

  1. Beat almonds, butter, egg and half the sugar in a small bowl until mixed. Roll pastry out to the thickness of a 20p piece and, using a saucer about 13cm in diameter, cut out 4 circles. Lift the circles onto a baking tray and spread each thinly with 1 tbsp of almond mixture, leaving a border. Arrange the peach slices on top in a rosette and chill for at least 10 mins before baking. Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7.

  2. Bake tarts on the top shelf for 10 mins, then remove from oven. Sprinkle liberally with sugar, cover with baking parchment and lay another samesized tray on the top. Flip the trays so that the tarts are upside-down. Bake for 5-10 mins more, until the pastry is crisp and the peach is sticky and caramelised. (If you don’t have two baking sheets, the tarts can be cooked peach-side up for the whole cooking time.)

  • Recipe Tip

    Serving with red wine

    One of the nicest ways to eat peaches is to finely slice them and tip into a wine glass with a sprinkling of sugar. Pour over red wine, just to cover. Leave to macerate in the fridge for 30 mins.

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denisa
20th Aug, 2011
5.05
Had some friends over my house. I had to make something quikly and easy. This receipe worked big time, simple but still so delicious. Served it warm with vanilla/caramel icecream. Yammy!
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