Coffee Creme Brulee Tarts

For the holidays, I combined two of the more interesting product lines that we have, Demarle and Martin Braun, and came up with an easy way of making simple yet fancy pastries. Here is an (almost) step-by-step process to make coffee creme brulee on shortbread pastry (tart shells).


Ingredients for the tart shells:

All Purpose Flour - 150 grams
Butter - 60 grams (cut into small cubes)
Powdered Sugar - 50 grams
Eggs - 25 grams (just add the yolk and a small portion of the white)
Salt - 2 grams


Process:
Cut the butter into the flour.
Knead in the powdered sugar, eggs and salt.
Once combined, compress the dough and wrap it in cling wrap.
Place in the chiller roughly 1 - 2 hours.

After chilling, roll the dough between two Silpat mats until 2-3mm thick.

I used this fluted exoglass cutter to cut the dough.

Here's a simple trick I used with the flexipans. Simply invert the moulds and place the cut dough on top of each indent, making sure it is perfectly centered. I used a Mini Charlotte mould for this one.

Works well with the Chinese Spoon mould too.

Bake it in the oven for 8minutes at around 170 degrees. It really depends on how dark you want your tart shell to be. But for this setting, the shells will only have a slight golden brown color.

Now you have your tart shell!

For the coffee creme brulee, I used our instant creme brulee powder from Martin Braun. Makes it a LOT easier. Hehe

Ingredients for coffee creme brulee:

Creme Brulee Powder - 100 grams
Cream - 200 grams
Milk - 200 grams
Instant coffee - 5 grams


Procedure:

Heat the milk, cream and the instant coffee on a saucepan over low heat until it starts to bubble.
Add the creme brulee powder.
Pour into Flexipan Mini Quenelles and Mini Charlotte moulds.

Just fill a small amount for the mini charlottes.

Allow it to cool for 15 - 20 minutes, then place the Flexipan moulds in the freezer for at least 2 - 3 hours. Unmould the frozen creme brulee and place on tart shells.

Coffee Creme Brulee on Chinese Spoons

Coffee Creme Brulee Charlottes