How to glaze a tart
Professional pastrycooks usually say that "a beautiful cake is already half sold", it is one of the reasons why they do not put a tart on sale without glazing it ("abricoter" in Fench), i.e. coating it with a thick apricot syrup. This glaze gives a glossy finish to the tart (see the photographs below) and also protects it from the air and thus from oxidation and browning.
It's a quite simple technique that you can easily apply to give to your desserts a professional look. This is how you do it.
It's a quite simple technique that you can easily apply to give to your desserts a professional look. This is how you do it.
444 K 3.7/5 (207 reviews)
7 min.
Easy
2 IngredientsLast modified on: February 15th 2016
You will need:
4 tablespoons 
1 tablespoon 
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 6 min.
Cooking: 1 min.
All in all: 7 min.
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 1 min.
Prepare the amount that you need. For a normal tart, use two rounded tablespoonsful of jam, and put in a cup.
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Add a tablespoon of sugar syrup or water, and melt in microwave oven (not too high) or in a bain-marie.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Apply a thin layer of hot apricot glaze with a brush, all over the top of the tart (here a pear and almond cream tart).
The layer must be thin, because the glaze should not be noticeable in the mouth: the taste comes from your tart, not from the glaze.
The layer must be thin, because the glaze should not be noticeable in the mouth: the taste comes from your tart, not from the glaze.
Stage 4
If the glaze cools while you are working and starts to solidify, heat again and resume. Your beautiful tart is ready...
Stage 5
...to be serve to your guests.
Stage 6
To compare with usual tart.
Remarks
If you find in some bad bakery tarts with a thick (enormous!) layer of glaze (some 3 or 4 mm), you are probably in the shop of a rogue who is trying to cheat on the weight of his tart: leave the place quickly.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 0 | 210 RDI=20 % | 0 | 840 RDI=40 % | 3,520 RDI: 40 % |
| Per 100 g | 0 | 280 RDI=30 % | 0 | 1,120 RDI=60 % | 4,690 RDI: 60 % |
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This recipe uses (among others)
Apricot glaze
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Sugar syrup
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