Cranberry-Pear Tartlets with Cranberry Ice Cream

Name: Cranberry-Pear Tartlets with Cranberry Ice Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 cinnamon stick, cracked; 907 grams fresh or frozen cranberries; 177 milliliters dried currants; 887 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters golden raisins; 355 milliliters heavy cream; 79 milliliters ice water; 1 sprig Mint , for garnish; 10 firm but ripe pears, such as Bartlett or Anjou—peeled, cored and thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps sugar; 887 milliliters sugar; 340 grams sticks unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and chilled; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 710 milliliters water

Cranberry-Pear Tartlets with Cranberry Ice Cream might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 7g of protein, 35g of fat, and a total of 903 calories. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. A mixture of golden raisins, sugar, mint sprigs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Summer will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large saucepan, combine 5 cups of the cranberries with the water and 1 3/4 cups of the sugar and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Cook over moderate heat until the cranberries split, 4 to 5 minutes.

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Cranberries

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Pour the cranberries into a colander set over a bowl without pressing on the solids; reserve the cranberry syrup.

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Cranberries

Syrup

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Colander

Bowl

In a blender, chop the cooked cranberries with 1/2 cup of the sugar. With the machine on, pour in 1 cup of the reserved cranberry syrup and puree until smooth. Strain the cranberry sauce in a fine sieve and refrigerate until chilled.

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Syrup

Cranberries

Sugar

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Blender

Sieve

Combine the heavy cream with the cold cranberry sauce and freeze in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.

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Cranberry Sauce

Heavy Cream

Ice Cream

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Ice Cream Machine

Transfer the ice cream to an airtight container and freeze until firm, at least 2 hours.

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Ice Cream

In a saucepan, combine the remaining 1 1/2 cups of sugar with 3 tablespoons of the cranberry syrup and stir until the sugar is moist and pink. Cook the sugar over moderate heat, brushing down the sides of the pan with a wet brush, until a light amber caramel forms, about 8 minutes.

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Cranberries

Caramel

Sugar

Syrup

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Remove from the heat and add 1/2 cup of the cranberry syrup, gently swirling until blended.

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Cranberries

Syrup

Add the remaining 3 cups of cranberries to the caramel sauce and cook over moderate heat, gently pressing the cranberries against the sides of the pan, until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the raisins and currants and transfer the compote to a large bowl.

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Caramel Sauce

Cranberries

Currants

Compote

Raisins

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Bowl

Frying Pan

In a saucepan, combine the remaining cranberry syrup with the vanilla bean and cinnamon stick and bring to a boil.

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Cinnamon Stick

Vanilla Bean

Cranberries

Syrup

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Sauce Pan

Add the pears, cover and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until tender, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Pear

Let cool slightly, then strain the pears. Discard the vanilla and cinnamon. Stir the pears into the compote. Reserve 1 cup of the pear cooking liquid for serving. (You can reserve the remaining cooking liquid for poaching fruit at a later time.)

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Cinnamon

Compote

Vanilla

Fruit

Pear

In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar and salt and pulse to blend.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Add the butter and pulse until the mixture is the size of peas.

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Butter

Peas

Add the ice water and process just until the dough comes together.

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Water

Dough

Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead it several times. Shape the dough into a log that is 3 inches wide. Wrap the log in plastic and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

Unwrap the dough and cut it into 12 rounds. Working with 1 at a time, roll each piece of dough out to a 6-inch round.

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Dough

Roll

Transfer the rounds to 4-by-1-inch fluted tartlet pans with removable bottoms, pressing the dough into the corners. Trim the edges and prick the bottoms several times with a fork. Refrigerate the tartlet shells until chilled.

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Tartlet Shells

Dough

Preheat the oven to 40

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Oven

Line the tartlet shells with foil and fill the foil with pie weights or dried beans.

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Tartlet Shells

Dried Beans

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Aluminum Foil

Bake for about 10 minutes. Carefully remove the tartlet shells from the oven and remove the foil and weights.

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Tartlet Shells

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Bake the tartlet shells for about 20 minutes longer or until golden.

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Tartlet Shells

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Oven

Let the shells cool completely on a wire rack.

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Pasta Shells

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Wire Rack

Unmold the tartlet shells and set them on small plates. Fill the shells with the fruit compote. Spoon a scoop of the cranberry ice cream alongside each tartlet and spoon the reserved poaching liquid over top.

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Tartlet Shells

Cranberries

Ice Cream

Compote

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Fruit

Garnish the tartlets with mint sprigs and serve.

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Mint