Recipe Strawberry Tart with Pastry Cream

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  • Strawberry Tart with Pastry Cream
  • 8Servings
  • Preparation
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  • 2 h Sleep
  • Total
  • 443 kCal
    Per serving
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  • Category : Dessert
  • Sub-category : Flans and Tarts
  • Difficulty : 1
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Warning ! This is not the good season to make this recipe ! See other recipes (Dessert) recommended for this season

Ingredients

Cookware

  • One 12 inch (30cm) pie plate
  • Parchment paper
  • Dried apricot pits or dried vegetables
  • 1 rolling pin
  • 1 small saucepan
  • 1 pastry brush


Preparation

  1. Prepare the shortcrust pastry and then let cool for 20 to 30 minutes
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  2. While the shortcrust pastry is cooling, prepare the pastry cream
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    or pastry cake topping with only 2 eggs and let cool. You can also use a cook processor or even a microwave oven to make these.

  3. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Roll out your pastry dough on a floured surface. The dough will be fragile, so you can keep it on the rolling pin to help transfer it to your pie dish!
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    Fit the dough snugly into the bottom of your pie dish and trim off any overlapping edges. Place a piece of parchment paper covered with nuts or dried vegetables (to prevent the dough from bubbling up) over your dough and bake for 15 minutes at 350°F (180°C). Before the 15 minutes is up, remove the paper so that the bottom also cooks. Keep an eye on your crust to make sure it maintains a blond color and does not overcook. Let cool on a rack for about 1 hour

  4. Quickly rinse the strawberries, drain them and remove the stems.
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    When the bottom of your crust has cooled, spread the chilled pastry cream over it and place the strawberries on top in tight rows
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  5. For the nappage (the glaze): in a small saucepan over low heat, dilute 2 tablespoons of fruit jelly (or jam without fruit pieces) with 1 tablespoon of water. Make your tart shine by brushing the glaze onto the berries.

  6. TASTE!
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Final Thoughts...

  • Make sure your pie crust is completely cooled and your pastry cream is chilled before covering the crust with the cream, otherwise the cream will soften!

    A variation to try in June during rhubarb season: strawberry rhubarb tart: magician:

    You can also try an original strawberry tart with a redcurrant glaze or with Chantilly cream

    Or use the same technique to make individual-sized tarts...

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