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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

Keywords for this recipe:Tart Strawberries Verveine Pastry Cream

For 1 tart, you will need:

0 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
1 50 g white chocolate (optional)
2 250 g Chantilly cream
3 300 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
4 2 tablespoons verveine liqueur
Total weight: 930 grams

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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.

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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.

Strawberry Verveine Tart : Photo of step #7

... 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
2,598 Kcal or 10,877 Kj	50 gr	256 gr	202 gr
130 %	19 %	24 %	31 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
279 Kcal or 1,168 Kj	5 gr	28 gr	22 gr
14 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,598 Kcal or 10,877 Kj	50 gr	256 gr	202 gr
130 %	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.

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: Saint Honoré cake, Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Strawberries with mint and cream, Almond cream or frangipane, ... All
	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear tart with almond cream, Peach and green tea tart, Lemon tart, Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, How to roll out pastry for a tart, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberries in a thyme and lemon-flavoured red wine reduction, Rum babas, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Pear charlotte, Chouquettes, ... All

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