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Strawberry Verveine Tart

This tart has a crisp sweetcrust pastry case filled with verveine-flavoured cream and, of course, strawberries.

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Last modified on: June 9^th 2014

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For 1 tart, you will need:

1 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
2 50 g white chocolate (optional)
3 250 g Chantilly cream
4 300 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
5 2 tablespoons verveine liqueur
Total weight: 880 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 25 min.

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Line the tart mould or tin with 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and bake "blind".

Stage 2 - 7 min.

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Coat the inside with white chocolate. This is not essential, but helps to keep the pastry crisp for longer.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

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Prepare the chantilly cream.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 20 min.

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Prepare the confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream).

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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When the custard has cooled, beat in 2 tablespoons verveine liqueur using a whisk.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

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Tip the chantilly cream into the custard...

Stage 7 - 3 min.

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... and fold in gently with a soft spatula to make a light cream.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

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Spread the cream in the bottom of the tart case (use a forcing bag if possible to make this easier).

Stage 9 - 10 min.

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Then top with strawberries, pressing them a little way into the cream to hold them in place.

Keep in the fridge, but leave at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

Remarks

Verveine liqueur is made with lemon verbena. For a non-alcoholic version, you can flavour the confectioner's custard by leaving the fresh herb to infuse in the milk.

Keeping

A few hours in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,772 Kcal or 11,606 Kj	53 gr	271 gr	214 gr
139 %	20 %	26 %	32 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
315 Kcal or 1,319 Kj	6 gr	31 gr	24 gr
16 %	2 %	3 %	4 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,772 Kcal or 11,606 Kj	53 gr	271 gr	214 gr
139 %	20 %	26 %	32 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 6.31 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Saint Honoré cake, St Tropez tart, Puits d'amour, Peach and green tea tart, ... All
	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon and lime custard tart, Parisian-style chocolate custard tart, Pistachio custard tart, Hazelnut and chocolate biscuits, Cherry and pistachio tarts, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Chouquettes, Warm apple feuillantines, Ice-cream Vacherin, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, ... All

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