Sweet Swedish almond tarts

These delicious sweet tarts are surprisingly simple to make. Using pre-made tart cases, so there’s no fiddling around with complicated and difficult pastry recipes, and a super easy to make almond paste, the most difficult part is waiting for them to come out of the oven and cool before you can gobble them up!

They feature a beautiful glazed almond topping, which is just the thing to settle your sweet tooth and satisfy your sugar cravings. 

Ingredients

• 4 pre-made mini tart cases
• 200g almond meal
• 100g sugar
• 50g powdered sugar
• 3-5 teaspoons milk
• 100g almonds, slivered
• 75g butter, unsalted
• 75g cream
• 50g sugar, extra
• 50g golden syrup
• Butter, for greasing pan

Method

1. To make almond paste, mix together almond meal and 100g sugar. Slowly add milk, stirring, until a paste consistency is achieved. 
2. Preheat oven to 180C.
3. Combine almonds, butter, cream, remaining sugar, and syrup in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat once sugar has dissolved and mixture has thickened. 
4. Pour almond paste evenly into tart cases, and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. 
5. Spread glazed almonds over tops of tarts, and bake for a further 20 minutes. 
6. Allow to cool before serving.