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A Canadian treat that everyone should try, these Canadian Butter Tarts consist of a flaky crust filled with a buttery, rich, caramel like, gooey center! Butter tarts are small pastries filled with a caramel-like custard made with butter, sugar, syrup, and egg. This pastry is baked until the filling is semi-solid with a crunchy top.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook canadian butter tarts 🇨🇦 (canada's favourite dessert!) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Canadian Butter Tarts 🇨🇦 (Canada's favourite Dessert!):
- Take — Pastry Shell —
- Take 256 grams all-purpose flour (2 cups)
- Get 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Get 190 grams shortening (1 cup)
- Make ready 1 egg
- Make ready 30 ml cold water (2 tablespoons)
- Make ready 15 grams white vinegar (1 tablespoon)
- Prepare — Filling —
- Get 100 grams brown sugar (1 cup)
- Prepare 75 grams maple syrup (1/4 cup)
- Take 42 grams butter (3 tablespoons)
- Take 1 large egg
- Get 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Make ready 1 teaspoon vinegar
- Make ready 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup pecans (you can substitute crushed walnuts if you like)
The tart filling is great and should be no problem if directions are followed. Maybe I missed the ones with coconut. Make the pastry: In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter and lard until the mixture is in very fine crumbs.
Steps to make Canadian Butter Tarts 🇨🇦 (Canada's favourite Dessert!):
- In a large bowl, sift together the flower and salt, and cut in the shortening with two knifes until you have pieces the size of peas
- In a small bowl, mix the wet ingredients together (egg, cold water, and vinegar)
- With the dry ingredients, make a 'well' in the center, and add the wet mixture. Fluff this with a fork until just mixed (Do not overmix!)
- In the bowl, press the combined mixture flat, and fold in half (repeat 3 or 4 times)
- Roll out your dough on a floured surface, until it's about 1/4-inch thick, or a little less. Now cut into circles a few inches across (you can use a cookie cutter, or a glass), and press them lightly to a cupcake tray.
- Now we can start on the Filling!
- Beat the butter, brown sugar, and syrup. Once combined, add the egg, vanilla, vinegar, salt and crushed pecans. Pour into the pastry shells
- Cook for 8 minutes at 230 C (450 F), and then reduce the heat to 175 C (350F F) for another 15-18 minutes until the filling is set.
- Enjoy!
Known around the world as a uniquely Canadian dessert, butter tarts are one of the tastiest things to come out of the True North. Nothing beats the flaky pastry filled with a perfectly sticky-sweet centre. Along with Beaver Tails and Nanaimo bars, butter tarts form the Holy Trinity of distinctly English-Canadian desserts. While the first two are finicky, the butter tart is a cinch for home bakers to. Step foot into Canada, specifically on the East Coast, and you will find butter tarts everywhere.
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