Angelica Tartlets

Ingredients

2 home-candied angelica
1 shortcrust pastry
40 gr butter
22 ml honey
60 gr curd cheese
1 egg yolk
5 ml milk
1 egg

Instructions

*Note: Shortcrust pastry made with 7-8 oz flour will be about right for this recipe. These tarts are irresistible when made with home-candied angelica, as dull as ditchwater when store-bought is used. Chop the angelica into small pieces, cover with warm water to rinse off some of the sugar and set aside for a few minutes. While the angelica soaks, line 18 x 6 cm tartlet tins with the shortcrust pastry and start preparing the filling. Dice and barely melt the butter in a small saucepan. Away from the heat, beat in the honey, then the curd cheese, then the egg yolk mixed with the milk. Stir in the well drained angelica. Whisk the egg white to snowy peaks and fold it in. Spoon the mixture into the pastry-lined tartlet tins and bake at 200ºC (200 C) gas mark -10ºC or 30 minutes until puffed up and golden. Serve as soon as cooled from cooking.