
Sieve the flour and form a pile on a chopping board. Add the sugar, butter at room temperature, the eggs and the grated peel. Mix the ingredients with a spatula and then gently knead. Form a ball and leave to rest in the fridge not allowing it to harden.
Boil the Mugello chestnuts in water with a few bay leaves. When cooked drain and remove the peel and skin.
Blend in a mixer with the sugar and Vin Santo to form a cream. Pour into a saucepan and cook for 5 minutes to thicken. Leave to cool.
Remove the pastry from the fridge. Roll out to about 1/2 cm thick.
Line the small baking tins with the short crust pastry. Pour in the Mugello chestnut cream and cover the tarts with a network of short crust pastry. Bake in a preheated oven at 180° for about 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Remove the tarts from the baking tins, place on a serving plate and sprinkle with icing sugar.
Celsius/Fahrenheit conversion
80° = 176 F
150° = 302 F
160° = 320 F
170° = 338 F
180° = 356 F
200° = 392 F
Metric - UK/US standards
1/4 l = 1 cup
1 l = 4 cup
100 g = 7/8 cup
100 g = 3,53 oz
2 g = 1 teaspoon
5 ml = 1 teaspoon
5 g = tablespoon
15 ml = 1 table-spoon
For the short crust pastry
400 g of flour
280 g of butter
170 g of sugar
1 whole egg
3 egg yolks
the grated peel of half a lemon
For the cream
800 g of Mugello Chestnuts
150 g of sugar
1 glass of Vin Santo
a knob of butter