Allergen Free Mini Apple Tarts

2010-10-24
Recipe

These Mini Apple Tarts were allergy friendly and loved by the whole family. [gallery link=”file”]

Ingredients:

  • 1  1/4 cups Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 Tbs Buckwheat Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/3 cup + 2 Tbs Lard
  • 4-5Tbs of Cold water. (Can vary based on Humidity.)
  • Sugar for sprinkling
  • 1 Cup Filling:
    • Cooked Apples with Sugar, Cinnamon and Nutmeg to taste OR
    • Other fruit / pie filling

Instructions:

  1. Mix flours, salt in large bowl. Cut in Lard until flour and lard form pea size balls.
  2. Then add 1 Tbs of water at a time and mix the dough by hand. Mix gently until dough sticks together to form a ball.
  3. Lightly flour surface of tea towel or baking paper. Place dough ball on the surface.
  4. Either flour a rolling pin or use another piece of baking paper on top and roll out dough to approximately 3mm (1/8 in) thick.
  5. Cut in dough in circles larger than muffin tin to form base of pastry.
  6. Fill with fruit filling.
  7. Place another dough circle on top and press sides. Prick top with a fork to allow steam to escape. Sprinkle the lid with granulated sugar.
  8. Bake in a moderate oven. 180C/375F in our forced fan/ convection oven for 10 minutes.
  9. Then put under grill/broiler for 2 minutes or until bubbly with a slight browning. (Gluten Free flour without an egg doesn’t brown that well.)
  10. Take out of the oven cool for 5 minutes in pan, twist to remove and finish cooling on a rack. Eat while warm.