Posted by Leonor de Sousa Bastos
at November 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM. 
I swear they taste great!...
Peanut tarts
Makes 10:
Pastry
100 g wheat flour
15 g butter
50 ml milk (as necessary)
a pinch of salt
Combine well all the ingredients.
Let it rest for half an hour covered with wrap film.
Roll out the pastry over a lightly floured work surface until very thin.
Put on small moulds
Filling:
300 g sugar + 150 ml water
100 g peanuts, roasted and powdered
30 g butter, melted
5 egg yolks
1 egg white
zest of 1/2 lemon
Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC.
Bring the water to boil with sugar on a covered pan.
Uncover when it starts to boil and let it boil for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and add the butter.
Let it cool down for a while.
Combine together the remaining ingredients.
Pour the syrup gently over the peanut mixture.
Pour this mixture into the small moulds.
Sprinkle with icing sugar.
Bake for 30-40 minutes.
Labels: peanuts, recipes, tarts