Strawberry-Rhubarb Tartlets
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup cold butter. cut into small pieces
- 2 large egg yolks
- ½ cup ice-cold water
- 3 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice. divided
- Parchment paper
- 1 large egg
- 2 ½ tablespoons milk. divided
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Pulse first 4 ingredients in a food processor until blended. Add cold butter. and pulse 5 or 6 times or just until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir together egg yolks and ice-cold water. With processor running. pour yolk mixture through food chute. and process just until mixture forms a ball and pulls away from sides of bowl. Wrap dough in plastic wrap; chill 1 hour.
- Meanwhile. melt 3 Tbsp. butter in a 1-qt. saucepan over medium heat. Add rhubarb. and sauté 3 minutes. Stir in strawberries and 2/3 cup granulated sugar; cook. stirring constantly and crushing fruit with spoon. 5 minutes.
- Stir together 1 Tbsp. flour and 2 Tbsp. lemon juice until smooth. Stir juice mixture into rhubarb mixture; bring to a boil. Cook. stirring often. 2 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat. and transfer mixture to a small bowl. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap dough; roll to 1/8-inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut dough into 48 rectangles. using a 2 1/2- x 3-inch cutter and rerolling scraps. Place half of dough rectangles 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Top each rectangle with about 1 Tbsp. strawberry mixture. Dampen edges of dough with water. and top with remaining dough rectangles. pressing edges to seal.
- Stir together egg and 2 Tbsp. milk. and brush over tops of tarts. Cut a small “X” in top of each tartlet for steam to escape.
- Bake tartlets at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden. Transfer tartlets to a wire rack; cool 15 minutes. Whisk together powdered sugar and remaining 1 Tbsp. lemon juice and 1 1/2 tsp. milk; drizzle over tartlets.