Lemon Berry Tartlets

Chef John's recipe for lemon berry tartlets is more about the technique of making little tart shells using frozen puff pastry cut into small rounds.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 296 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar for dusting
• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour for dusting
• 12 fresh blackberries
• 0.33333334326744 cup lemon curd

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Step 2

Cut around inner circle indentations on top of each pastry round; gently push cut pastry circles down. Fill tartlet centers with lemon curd, top each with 1 blackberry, and dust with confectioners' sugar.

Step 3

Place frozen puff pastry sheet on a work surface dusted with flour. Thaw for 2 to 3 minutes. Cut out 12 pastry rounds using a 1 ½- to 2-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter. Place pastry rounds on the prepared baking sheet. Cut an inner circle into each pastry round using a slightly smaller round cookie or biscuit cutter, leaving circles in place. Brush pastry rounds with beaten egg.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until browned and puffed, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool completely before filling.