How to glaze a tart


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.
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 6 min.
Cooking: 1 min.
All in all: 7 min.

Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 1 min.
How to glaze a tart
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.
How to glaze a tart
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.
How to glaze a tart
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.

Stage 4
How to glaze a tart
If the glaze cools while you are working and starts to solidify, heat again and resume. Your beautiful tart is ready...

Stage 5
How to glaze a tart
...to be serve to your guests.

Stage 6
How to glaze a tart
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 recipe0210 RDI=20 %0840 RDI=40 %3,520 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g0280 RDI=30 %01,120 RDI=60 %4,690 RDI: 60 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
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