I have a little treat for you today, guys! Cute and delicious pistachio frangipane mini tarts, which would also be a perfect treat for your mums, if you live in the parts of the world which celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday. Polish Mother’s Day is on 26th of May, plus my mom is all the way back in Poland so I won’t be able to make these for her. It’s a shame as I think it’s exactly the sort of dessert she would like.
Speaking of my mum, we had a bit of a drama this past weekend as I didn’t have time to call her for a chat and unbeknown to me, my Whatsapp has stopped notifying me of any calls or messages as I failed to upgrade it (ooops!). I made a mental note to call mum on Monday afternoon once I got a test cook out of the way, but she beat me to it. She sounded super worried and panicked and was clearly relieved to hear my voice. Turns out that she has been trying to reach me via Whatsup for two days and started imagining the worst as it has been just over a week since we last spoke. I was really surprised! But me saying to her ‘Come on mom, I live on a quiet island, what could have possibly happened to me other than being pecked by bored seagulls?’ She didn’t appreciate the humour in that. She made me promise to check in with her more often, even if that’s just to say ‘I don’t have time to chat, but I’m alive and the birds are behaving 😉 ‘. Mums, bless them! Sometimes they can get overly protective, but it’s nice to know that there is at least one person who really cares about you and no matter how old you are, you’ll always be her baby girl 🙂 !
100 g / scant 1 cup buckwheat flour 20 g / 2 tbsp cornstarch ¼ tsp xantham gum 4 tsp icing sugar 45 g / 3 level tbsp (not melted!) refined coconut oil*
FRANGIPANE FILLING
20 ml / 4 tsp mild olive oil 35 g / 3 tbsp caster sugar 4 level tsp plain flour 1½ tbsp gelatinous aquafaba homemade / from a tin** 60 g / 2 oz pistachios or pistachio meal ½ tsp matcha powder (optional) 4 strawberry halves
PISTACHIO FRANGIPANE FILLING
I used 4 mini tart tins that have a diameter of 8 cm and height of 2 cm.
