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Strawberry tart

For this great dessert classic: a sweetcrust pastry case, vanilla confectioner's custard and the best strawberries available. This recipe is simple yet demanding, but the result is an exceptional tart.

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Last modified on: June 16^th 2013

For 1 tart, you will need:

1 700 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
2 250 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
3 50 g white chocolate (optional)
4 800 g strawberries
5 100 g apricot glaze (optional)
Total weight: 1,900 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Start to finish
2 hours 30 min.	2 hours 30 min.

Keeping:

1 day in the fridge

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 35 min.

Prepare 700 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), cover and leave to cool, stirring from time to time with a whisk.

Stage 2 - 1 hour

Roll out the sweetcrust pastry, line the tart tin or mould, then bake blind. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

If possible, seal the bottom of the pastry case with 50 g white chocolate.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

Spread 700 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream) in an even layer in the bottom of the tart.

It is not essential, but this is easier with a forcing bag.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Cut the stalks off the strawberries and arrange them on top of the custard layer.

There are various ways to do this. The simplest, in my opinion, is to stand whole fruit vertically and work inwards towards the centre.

Stage 6 - 10 min.

Then finish with a few strawberries cut in half vertically to form a sort of flower in the centre.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

You can glaze the tart if you wish, but this is not essential.

Keep in the fridge, but remember to take it out 30 minutes before serving.

Remarks

The proportions are given for a 26 cm (10 inch) diameter tart.

Do choose your strawberries carefully and taste them if possible to make sure that you are buying the ones with the most flavour.

Nutritional information

% 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 : 14.32 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, You should not soak strawberries in water, Quick Strawberry Millefeuille, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, ... All
	Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond cream or frangipane, Peach and green tea tart, Strawberries with mint and cream, Saint Honoré cake, Chinois, ... All
	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apricot and almond cream tart, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Bounty-style tart for Alison, Pear and lime meringue pie, Little lime tarts, ... All

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