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Buttery Sweet Tartlet Shells

These delicate, buttery tartlet shells are the perfect base for your favorite fruit or chocolate fillings.

By Daily Recipes Book· 🌍 French· August 7, 2026
Buttery Sweet Tartlet Shells
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Prep
15 minutes
Cook
20 minutes
Total
65 minutes
Serves
6

If you love the crisp and professional finish of French pastry, you will adore these sweet tartlet shells. They use a classic dough called pate sucree, which includes almond meal and icing sugar for a finer texture than regular shortcrust. It is much easier to work with, too, so it does not break when you are pressing it into your tins.

You can use these for everything from fresh fruit tarts with custard to rich chocolate ganache. If you do not have tartlet tins, a muffin pan works just as well for making smaller bite sized treats.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1/3 cup almond meal
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1 large egg

Instructions

  1. 1

    Combine the flour, icing sugar, almond meal, and salt in a food processor, pulsing briefly to mix.

  2. 2

    Add the cold butter and pulse four or five times until the mixture looks like coarse breadcrumbs.

  3. 3

    Add the egg and pulse until a dough ball just begins to form.

  4. 4

    Turn the dough onto a clean surface, knead it gently into a smooth ball, and flatten it into a thick disc.

  5. 5

    Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm up the butter.

  6. 6

    Roll out the chilled dough on a floured surface to your desired thickness.

  7. 7

    Cut out circles to fit your tartlet tins or muffin cups, gently pressing the dough into the sides.

  8. 8

    Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until the edges are golden brown and crisp.

💡 Tips

Store your baked shells in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days. You can also freeze the raw dough disc for up to two months, just be sure to thaw it in the fridge before rolling it out.

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