It’s Mother’s day weekend, and since I’m OBSESSED with all things pies & tarts. I decided to make something sweet and mini for half of my mom’s present!
This recipe is truly the best, and truly beautiful.
Heather
Photo & Recipe found on lululuathome!
Ingredients (6 mini pies):
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, cut into little cubes, chilled
1/4 cup ice water
1 cup whipping cream
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups fresh blueberries
Directions:
Prepare the crust by placing flour, salt and sugar in a food processor to mix. Add butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal. While the machine is running, pour in ice water slowly. The dough should hold together when pinched. Add a little more water if necessary.
Gather dough into a dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes to chill.
Preheat oven to350F. Grease six 3 1/2-inch tartlet pans.
Take out doughs from refrigerator. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface, until 3mm thick, and cut six 5-inch circles from it.
Line the prepared pans with the dough circles. Make sure you leave a tiny overhang of dough. Use a small kitchen knife to trim the excess and to score the tops of the tartlets. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.
To prepare filling, in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream until it holds firm peaks. Remove cream from bowl and keep cold in fridge.
In the same bowl, beat cream cheese until it’s soft and creamy.
Add sugar and vanilla, continue beating until combined.
Gently fold 1/3 of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture to lighten the mixture, then add the remaining cream and continue folding until incorporated.
Evenly spread the cream mixture in the completely cooled pie crusts. Arrange the blueberries on top of the filling.
Refrigerate the pies until set, about an hour.
