Virgin's Breasts (Candied Fruit Custard Tarts): Seni di Vergine

Name: Virgin's Breasts (Candied Fruit Custard Tarts): Seni di Vergine
Prep time: 4 h 15 min
Cook time: 4 h 15 min
Total time: 4 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 egg, beaten; 4 egg yolks; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 6 Tbsps plus 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons lemon zest; 118 milliliters milk, plus 2 tablespoons; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 237 milliliters pumpkin, cut into 1/4-inch cubes; 170 grams semi-sweet chocolate; 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 355 milliliters whole milk

Virgin's Breasts (Candied Fruit Custard Tarts): Seni di Vergine requires around 4 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains approximately 11g of protein, 32g of fat, and a total of 672 calories. This recipe serves 8. If you have semi-sweet chocolate, lemon zest, pumpkin, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

To make the custard: combine the milk, 6 tablespoons sugar, and vanilla in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir and slowly bring to a boil. Set up an ice bath nearby. While the milk comes to a boil, beat the egg yolks and the remaining sugar in small bowl. Continue beating until the mixture thickens and the color lightens. Gradually folding in the flour.

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Egg Yolk

Custard

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

Ice

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Whisking all the while, add a few drops of the boiling milk to the bowl.

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Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

Add all of the egg mixture to the saucepan with the lemon zest, lower the heat to low, and, whisking constantly, cook until the mixture thickens, about 10 to 12 minutes.

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Lemon Zest

Egg

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat and cool in the ice bath.

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Ice

To make the tarts: In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the milk, flour, sugar, and butter until well combined. The mixture will form a smooth, fluid dough. You may need to add a little more milk, a teaspoon at a time. Form the dough into a ball and let it rest, covered, for 1 hour.

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Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

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Bowl

In the meantime, in a medium-sized saucepan, heat the olive oil until hot but not smoking.

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Olive Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add the pumpkin cubes and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until soft, about 15 minutes.

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Pumpkin

Remove from the heat and let cool.

Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 2 portions, 1 slightly larger than the other. Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll each dough portion out into a circle, about 1/8-inch thick. Again, 1 portion will be larger than the other.

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Dough

Roll

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Rolling Pin

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Break the chocolate into little pieces.

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Chocolate

Place the chocolate in a bowl with the cooled pumpkin, and the confectioners custard. Stir until well combined.

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Chocolate

Custard

Pumpkin

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Place 1 tablespoon of the mixture at regular intervals (about 2-inches apart) on the smaller dough round. Using a pastry brush, brush the same pastry with the beaten egg, covering all the pastry that remains uncovered by the pumpkin mixture.

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Pumpkin

Dough

Egg

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Lay the other pastry round on top of the first and use your fingers to crimp and seal the edges. Using a small, round cookie cutter (preferably one that is scalloped), cut around the mounds of fillings to create individual filled tarts. Use your fingers again to lightly seal each individual tart.

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Mounds Bar

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Cookie Cutter

Brush the tops of the tarts with the beaten egg mixture.

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Egg

Bake on a cookie sheet in a preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. When the pastries are cooked and cooled, cover them with confectioners sugar.

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Powdered Sugar