Mini Blueberry-Lavender Cornmeal Cream Tarts

3 from 2 votes

Ingredients
  

Cream

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh or dried lavender plus more for serving

Crusts

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
  • 1/4 cup finely ground cornmeal
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into small pieces
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 2 tablespoons ice water

Filling

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 vanilla bean seeds scraped
  • 1 to 2 cups fresh wild or regular blueberries or huckleberries

Instructions
 

Cream:

  • Bring cream and lavender just to a boil in a small saucepan.
  • Remove from heat, cover, and let cool completely.
  • Refrigerate until well chilled, up to 2 days.

Crusts:

  • Pulse flour, cornmeal, sugar, and salt in a food processor to combine.
  • Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  • Add yolk and ice water and pulse until dough comes together, then knead until very smooth and combined.
  • Pat into a disk, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate at least 30 minutes or overnight.
  • Let dough stand at room temperature until pliable.
  • Roll out on a lightly floured surface to a little more than 1/8 inch thick.
  • Cut out 4-inch circles, gathering scraps and rerolling dough once.
  • Fit into twelve 2 1/2-inch-diameter tartlet pans, making sides thicker than bottoms.
  • Place pans on a rimmed baking sheet and freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake on baking sheet until golden brown, pressing down often on centers as they puff up, about 25 minutes.
  • Let cool completely.

Filling:

  • Pass cold lavender cream through a fine sieve into a mixing bowl.
  • In a small bowl, mix sugar and vanilla-bean seeds with fingers until combined.
  • Add to cream and whisk with a mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form.
  • Dividing evenly, dollop cream into tart shells, top with blueberries and lavender, and serve.
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