Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 5 ounces unsalted butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 to 6 tablespoons cold water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 large mangoes, not too ripe
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter

Method

  • Make pastry dough by placing flour, butter, egg yolk, powdered sugar, and salt in food processor and pulsing until texture resembles a course meal.
  • Add water tablespoon by tablespoon.
  • Assemble dough into small ball, wrap in plastic film and flatten to 1-inch circle.
  • Chill for 30 minutes.
  • Roll out dough and cut into 4 1/4-inch rounds and let chill for another 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Make caramel in non-reactive pan with sugar and water.
  • Heat 6 (5-inch) cast iron blini pans, or 6 (8-ounce) ramekins in the oven.
  • When sugar and water is a warm amber color, place pan in bowl of cold water to stop cooking.
  • Pour caramel into hot pans, and fill with mango slices.
  • Brush mango slices with melted butter.
  • Prick pastry rounds with fork and place on top of mangoes.
  • Bake in a 400-degree oven for 25 minutes or until pastry is browned.