Banana Cream Tartlettes

Let's start the weekend alongside on of these sinfully delicious small-scale tarts, filled alongside creamy Nutella, banana slices, rich custard cream as well as a whipped cream top

It's no hugger-mugger that Nutella as well as banana are a tally made inwards heaven. And when you lot add together a smoothen custard cream AND sinfully delicious whipped cream on exceed of this goodness, you lot know you lot are inwards for a treat. I guess, everything (...or most things) gustation amazing covered inwards whipped cream.

When I baked these tartlettes I was trying to piece of occupation on inwards need heed my (and your) waistline. So I made these tarts inwards a smaller that park size. Cute little, guilt-free, two-bite size... Or perhaps 3 bites if you lot are similar me as well as wishing to enjoy every unmarried layer this dessert has to offer.
But hither is a warning. It mightiness live difficult to halt as well as only swallow one. It volition accept a lot of self control, but I know you lot tin create it :)
Enjoy!!

This recipe starting fourth dimension appeared on inwards Jan 2016

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INGREDIENTS:

YIELD: most eighteen tartlets

1. • For the custard cream: 
     • 3/4 loving cup (175 ml) of milk
     • 1 egg yolks
     • 1/4 loving cup (50 gr) of sugar
     • 1 tablespoons (10 gr) of corn starch
     • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
     For the brusk dough:
     • 4 oz (115 gr) of unsalted butter
     • 1/3 loving cup  (65 gr) of sugar
     • 1 egg 
     • 1 egg yolk 
     • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
     • grated zest of i lemon (optional)
     • a pinch of salt
     • 1 as well as 2/3 cups (250 gr) of all-purpose flour
     Additional ingredients:
   • One large (or 2 small) banana, sliced
   • about 1/3 loving cup of Nutella, or other chocolate spread
   • about 1 loving cup (235 ml) of heavy whipping cream
   • 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar
   • chocolate sprinkles (or powdered cocoa) optional

PREPARATION:

TIME: 45 minutes to prepare, addition 1 hr inactive

Start yesteryear preparing the custard cream. Warm 3/4 loving cup of milk, until hot, but non boiling. In some other medium size pan, whisk the egg yolk alongside the 1/4 loving cup of saccharide as well as the vanilla extract until smoothen as well as fluffy.

Whisk inwards 1 tablespoon of corn starch, making certain in that place are no lumps.

Add a petty flake of the warm milk to the egg mixture, whisking good thus that no lumps form. Whisk inwards the balance of the milk.

Place the pan over medium estrus as well as stir continuously until it reaches a dull boil. The cream volition thicken, thus live careful non to allow it stick to the bottom. Lower the flaming as well as create for a twain of to a greater extent than minutes, until you lot accomplish the desired thickness. It should accept four to five minutes total. Pour the cream inwards a bowl as well as allow it create down. Cover alongside plastic roll as well as refrigerate for at to the lowest degree i hour.

 Prepare the sugariness brusk dough. Cream the butter alongside the sugar.

Blend inwards the egg, the egg yolk, the vanilla extract, as well as the lemon zest (if you lot are using it).

 Add the tabular array salt as well as the flour, as well as mix until combined.

Collect the dough alongside your hand, larn inwards into a disc. Wrap inwards plastic wrap, as well as refrigerate for most an hr (or longer).

Preheat oven to 350° F (175°C). Grease the tartlets mold alongside butter as well as flour (or spray). Set aside.
On a lightly floured surface, gyre the dough making certain it doesn't stick to the counter. Cut alongside circular cookie cutter. Mine are 3 inch (7.5 cm) inwards diameter.

 Place them into the mold, pressing downwards gently alongside your fingers, trying non to stretch the dough. The upper diameter of my tartlet mold is 2.5 inwards (6.25 cm) each.

You tin exercise the dough cutouts to brand to a greater extent than circular cookies, only re-knead the dough as well as gyre again. Bake the empty shells for most around 12 minutes, inwards the middle of the oven, until only golden at the edges.

Let the tartlet shells cool downwards completely. Whip the whipped cream alongside the powdered sugar. Fill the cups alongside i teaspoon of Nutella or other chocolate spread. 

Top alongside i spell of banana, i layer of custard cream as well as i of whipped cream. Sprinkle alongside cocoa pulverization or chocolate sprinkles. 

Store inwards the refrigerator. Enjoy :)

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