Hamantaschen Tartlets

Hamantaschen are always wonderful, but sometimes you want something a little different, unlike everyone else's…

Ta-da! Here are hamantaschen tartlets with custard and fruit—a decidedly unusual yet incredibly delicious dessert for Purim or any other occasion!

For the dough: mix the sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the butter, egg, vanilla, and orange juice and mix everything by hand. Knead the dough, shape it into a ball, and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.

To make the custard filling, whisk half the milk, half the sugar, and the cornstarch together with the egg yolks. Keep whisking until the mixture no longer deflates.

Bring the remaining milk and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan. Pour the hot milk into the egg mixture and whisk, then pour everything back into the saucepan.

Stir over low heat until the custard thickens. Add the vanilla. Then cover the custard with plastic wrap and chill it.

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.

Roll out the dough and cut out circles with a cookie cutter or a drinking glass. Then fold up the sides to turn the circles into triangles.

Brush the hamantaschen with beaten egg, place a piece of parchment paper inside each one, and fill each triangle completely with rice. This fake “filling” will help our tartlets hold their shape so that we can fill them with custard later.

Bake until the sides of the tartlets turn golden (about 7 minutes). Then remove the rice and parchment paper and bake for about another 5 minutes, until the shells turn golden brown.

Now fill the hamantaschen tartlets with custard using a piping bag or simply a spoon. (Don't worry about making them look perfect, since we will cover the custard with fruit anyway).

Now arrange the fruit on top. You can warm some jam in a small saucepan and use it as a glaze, coating the fruit with it to give it a shine.