Shortbread dough goes well with protein cream, but just pastries made of dough and cream are not interesting enough. Therefore, we supplement them with a sweet and sour filling of caramel apples.
It is necessary
- For the test:
- - 1 glass of flour;
- - 100 g of butter;
- - 1 egg yolk.
- For apples:
- - 1 apple;
- - 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
- - 1 tbsp. a spoonful of butter.
- For the cream:
- - 150 g of sugar;
- - 50 ml of water;
- - 2 egg whites;
- - 1 tbsp. a spoonful of lemon juice.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare the dough: grind flour and butter until crumbly, add egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Add zest from half a lemon. Knead the dough, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.
Step 2
Prepare protein cream: mix sugar and water in a saucepan, put on fire, cook for 10 minutes. Whisk the whites separately with a pinch of salt for 10 minutes. Pour the thick syrup into the whites in a thin stream, whisking the mass. Beat until the cream is cold, then add lemon juice to set, put the cream in the refrigerator.
Step 3
It remains to cook the caramel apples: cut the apples into slices, put in a skillet with the addition of butter, fry over medium heat until the apples are soft and slightly golden brown. Add sugar, turn over from time to time so that the apples do not burn. They should turn beautiful, golden, with a viscous caramel sauce. Remove from heat, cool.
Step 4
Pour the dough into the molds in a thin layer to make the tartlets. Place with a fork, bake until golden brown at medium temperature (180 degrees).
Step 5
Now collect the cakes: put the caramel apple slices in a sand basket, put the protein cream on top (you can use a pastry syringe).
Step 6
Pastries with caramel apples and protein cream are ready, according to this recipe you can prepare any other caramel fruits as a filling.
