Mirlitons de Rouen

Name: Mirlitons de Rouen
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes about 12
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 50 g (2 oz) caster sugar; 1 vanilla pod; 1—2 teaspoons orange-flower water or orange liqueur; 4 egg yolks; 250 g (8 oz) puff pastry; 125 g (4 oz) butter, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Makes about
12

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

The Cooking of Normandy

By Jane Grigson

Published 1987

About

Mirliton is a nonsense word from the refrain of old songs; it suggests a cheerful twirling of skirts and light feet and suits these little tarts well.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) puff pastry
4 egg yolks
50

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Normandy
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven. Roll out the pastry and line twelve greased tartlet tins. Put them into the refrigerator to chill for half an hour at least.

Beat together the yolks and nearly all the sugar, keeping 1