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Exotic fruit tart

An exotic fruit tart (bananas, kiwi and pineapple), with crisp pastry and almond cream which are cooked beforehand.

It's a rather simple recipe, but the final result will impress your guests.

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Last modified on: May 27^th 2020

Keywords for this recipe:Tart Fruits Exotic Almond cream Gaston lenotre

For 1 tart, you will need:

1 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
2 450 g Almond cream or frangipane
3 2 bananas
4 2 kiwis
5 1 lemon juice
6 ½ pineapple
7 20 g apricot glaze
Total weight: 2,349 grams

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53 min.	1 hour	30 min.	2 hours 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Spread or roll out the sweet crusty pastry and line a 10 inches (26 cm) tart mould or tin with it.

Be sure that the pastry is pushed well into the bottom.

With a fork prick all over the base, to be sure that the pastry doesn't form bubbles while cooking.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Spread 450 g Almond cream or frangipane in an even layer approximately 0.2 inches (0.5 cm) deep.

Refrigerate during the preheat of the oven to 410°F (210°C).

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Put the tart in the oven for about 30 minutes. Check that the tart does not blister (does not make bubbles) during this time. If that occurs, pierce them with a pointed knife.

The goal is to obtain a completely even flat tart base.

Stage 4 - 1 hour

Remove from the mould and leave cool on a wire rack.

Stage 5 - 20 min.

Peel and cut in slices 2 bananas and 2 kiwis, pour 1 lemon juice on banana slices to prevent from blackening. Prepare ½ pineapple, cut in thin pieces.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Start by a ring of banana slices around the outside edge of the tart.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Then a ring of kiwi slices inside the ring of bananas.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Make a circle of pineapple inside the kiwi circle.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

With a brush put 20 g apricot glaze on the fruits to prevent them oxidising and also give the tart an attractive finish.

Refrigerate until serving.

Stage 10

Take out of the fridge 20 minutes before serving.

Remarks

It's the fruit which makes the outer circle of the tart that you will use most of. So if you prefer pineapple for example, start with that, you will use much more than in the centre.

You can change fruits in this recipe, and/or replace frangipane by rich hazelnut buttercream or pistachio cream.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, folded in a plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,183 Kcal or 17,513 Kj	439 gr	2,066 gr	1,862 gr
209 %	169 %	195 %	282 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
178 Kcal or 745 Kj	19 gr	88 gr	79 gr
9 %	7 %	8 %	12 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,183 Kcal or 17,513 Kj	439 gr	2,066 gr	1,862 gr
209 %	169 %	195 %	282 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 6.99 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

After Gaston Lenôtre.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apricot and almond cream tart, Brioche slices with almond cream, Mini almond-morello tarts, Epiphany galette, Rhubarb tart, ... All
	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackcurrant and chestnut verrines, Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, Strawberry Verveine Tart , Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All
	Apricot glaze: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tarte Jurassienne, Express apple tart, Apple semelles (flat apple tarts), Raspberry tart, Strawberry tart, ... All
	Banana: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Flambéd bananas , Fruit salad, Pavlova, ... All

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