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Strawberry Verveine Tart

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

38,4623.9/5 for 18 ratings

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Last modified on: June 9^th 2014

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: 930 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
1 hour 31 min.	1 hour 31 min.

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 25 min.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #1

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

Stage 2 - 7 min.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #2

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.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #4

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.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #6

Tip the chantilly cream into the custard...

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #7

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

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #8

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

Stage 9 - 10 min.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #9

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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,060 Kcal or 12,812 Kj	50 gr	256 gr	202 gr
153 %	19 %	24 %	31 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
329 Kcal or 1,377 Kj	5 gr	28 gr	22 gr
16 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,060 Kcal or 12,812 Kj	50 gr	256 gr	202 gr
153 %	19 %	24 %	31 %

% 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 : 7.31 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apricot and almond cream tart, Bounty-style tart for Alison, Pear and lime meringue pie, Mini almond-morello tarts, Plum tart, ... 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: St Tropez tart, Peach and green tea tart, Almond cream or frangipane, Strawberry tart, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rum babas, Belle-helene in a glass, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction, Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, ... All

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