Spiced Rum Pumpkin Tartlettes

alixzafiris

Ingredients

 - 24 small pie shells (because really, I don't have the time to make them myself)

 - 795ml can pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling) or alternately, make your own pureed pumpkin guts mix

 - 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

 - 2 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk (let your eggs sit to get to room temperature)

 - 1 cup whipping cream (35%)

 - 1/4 cup spiced rum (I use Captain Morgan)

 - 3 tsp all-purpose flour

 - seeds of two vanilla beans or alternately, 2 tsp pure vanilla extract

 - 2 tsp cinnamon

 - 1 tsp freshly ground nutmeg

 - pinch of cloves

 - pinch of salt

 - ground walnuts (optional)

 - semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)

Prep

1. Preheat oven to 325F

2. Combine pumpkin puree, eggs, cream and rum, whisk until well-combined.

3. Add in all dry ingredients (sugar, flour and spices) as well as vanilla, whisk to combine until smooth.

4. (optional) Drop 5-6 chocolate chips into the bottom of each shell.

5. Pour into pie shells and bake approximately 45 minutes, until filling is set.

6. Garnish with walnuts and cool completely.

7. Serve with a drop of fresh-whipped cream.

crfische

YOURE a tartlette.

alixzafiris

I know right?

*flicks hair*

mandysmear

DO I NEED CLOVES?

crfische

It's really funny to me when you yell in your posts with your sig pic. Like...really funny.

mandysmear

I KNOW RIGHT?!

ALIX!!!  WILL THEY STILL BE PERFECT WITHOUT CLOVES?  I DON'T HAVE ANY.  I SUPPOSE I CAN BUY SOME THOUGH.  I NEED PERFECT TARTS.  CAUSE I'M PERFECT.

alixzafiris

yes mandy, they do need cloves. i guess you could do it without cloves, but they provide the bitter/savory to counter all the sweet. just buy ground cloves.

mandysmear

FINE.