Tartlets with apple and meringue recipe with photos step by step

Ingredients

We will prepare sweet tartlets with a very tasty filling of applesauce, chocolate paste, decorated with delicate meringue on top.

5 pieces egg yolks

100 gr. Powdered sugar

1/2 lemon zest

150 gr. Butter

3-4 pcs. Apple

70 gr. Sugar

50 ml. Water

to taste Cinnamon

150 gr. Chocolate paste

3 pcs. Egg whites

70 gr. Powdered sugar

Tartlets are baskets of sandy or bland color, filled with a variety of fillings.

1.	Mix the flour with powdered sugar and salt. Pour on the work surface in the form of a slide.
2.	Make a recess in the center, add the zest of half a lemon, oil. Knead until fine crumbs.
3.	Make the recess again, gradually introduce the egg yolks and knead the plastic dough. Put the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
4.	After the specified time, get the dough. Distribute on the molds for baskets, carefully tamping.
5.	Make several punctures with a fork. Put the tartlets in a preheated 180 degree oven for 15-20 minutes. Let the ready-made tartlets cool for 5 minutes and take them out of the molds.
6.	Prepare applesauce. Peel and slice the apples. Put it in a saucepan, add sugar, water. Cook until the apples are soft. Using a blender, grind to a puree with small pieces. You can add cinnamon to taste. Then put it back to boil until boiling. Let cool.
7.	Prepare the meringue. Whisk the whites with a mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes. Then gradually introduce powdered sugar, continuing to beat until sharp peaks. Using a pastry bag, place the meringue on a baking sheet on parchment paper. Put in the oven heated to 80 degrees for 1 hour.
8.	We spread the filling on the tartlets. First, put a small layer of chocolate paste, smear applesauce, decorate with meringue on top.
9.	Bake the tartlets in the oven (Grill mode) for a few minutes to brown the meringue.
10.	Help yourself! Bon Appetit!