Cranberry and Orange Tartlets with Spiced Crust

Name: Cranberry and Orange Tartlets with Spiced Crust
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 1 Dash ground cloves; 473 milliliters fresh cranberries; 355 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 3 Tbsps granulated sugar; 5 teaspoons granulated sugar, divided; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 118 milliliters reduced-fat sour cream; 237 milliliters fresh orange juice (about 2 oranges); 1 teaspoons grated orange rind; 20 orange sections (about 3 oranges); 1 Tbsp water

Cranberry and Orange Tartlets with Spiced Crust might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 225 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up orange sections, 3-less-fat cream cheese, cranberries, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

To prepare crusts, combine first 6 ingredients, tossing well. Spoon about 3 tablespoons crumb mixture into each of 10 (3 x 1-inch) ceramic tartlet dishes coated with cooking spray. Press crumbs into bottom and up sides of dishes.

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Cooking Spray

Place dishes on a baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

To prepare filling, beat cream cheese with a mixer at high speed until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

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Blender

Add sour cream, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, rind, and dash of cloves; beat until well blended. Chill.

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Granulated Sugar

Sour Cream

Clove

Beef

To prepare topping, combine orange juice and 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a large saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.

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Sugar

Orange Juice

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Sauce Pan

Add cranberries; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until thick and reduced to 1 cup (about 15 minutes). Cool completely.

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Cranberries

Spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons filling into bottom of each crust; top each tartlet with about 1 1/2 tablespoons topping. Just before serving, top each tartlet with 2 orange sections.

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Orange Slices

Crust

Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar over each serving. Holding a kitchen blow torch about 2 inches from the top of each tartlet, heat the sugar, moving the torch back and forth, until sugar is completely melted and caramelized (about 30 seconds).

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Sugar

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Blow Torch