Catholic Recipe: Saint Denis Tartlets
INGREDIENTS
- 2 c. (250g) flour
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- pinch of salt
- 4 Tbsp (60g) butter
- 4 Tbsp (60g) shortening
- 6 Tbsp ice water
- 1/4 c (50g) butter
- 1/4 c (50g) sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 c (50g) almonds, ground
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg white
- raspberry jam
- powdered sugar for dusting
Details
Yield: 12-15 tartlets

Tartlets
Prep Time: N/A
Difficulty: ★★★☆
Cost: ★★★☆
For Ages: 15+
Origin: France
Feasts (1)
Also Called: St. Denis Tartlets
A wonderful French pastry to celebrate the feast of St. Denis.
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs. Sprinkle ice water over flour mixture until moistened. Gather dough into a ball, refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough about 1/8 inch (3 mm) thick. Cut out circles large enough to line 3-inch (8 cm) tartlet pans with the dough circles.
Cream the butter and sugar together until thick; beat in the 2 egg yolks, 1 at a time. Add the ground almonds, cornstarch and vanilla. Lastly fold in the stiffly whisked egg white.
Place a teaspoon of jam in the bottom of each tartlet pan and fill with the mixture. Place two narrow strips of pastry across the top. Bake in a fairly hot oven 400°F (200°C) for 15 to 20 minutes.
When cool, dust with powdered sugar.
Recipe Source: Cooking With the Saints by Ernst Schuegraf, Ignatius Press, 2001Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest (USA)

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1641). Camillus suffered an incurable wound in his foot, experienced the horrors of the Roman hospitals in the sixteenth century in which the nursing and other staff were drawn from the dregs of the population. He effected a great…
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