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Exotic fruit tart

An exotic fruit tart (bananas, kiwi and pineapple), with crisp pastry and almond cream which are cooked beforehand.

It's a rather simple recipe, but the final result will impress your guests.

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Last modified on: May 27^th 2020

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For 1 tart, you will need:

1 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
2 450 g Almond cream or frangipane
3 2 bananas
4 2 kiwis
5 1 lemon juice
6 ½ Pineapples
7 20 g apricot glaze
Total weight: 2,349 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
53 min.	1 hour	30 min.	2 hours 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Spread or roll out the sweet crusty pastry and line a 10 inches (26 cm) tart mould or tin with it.

Be sure that the pastry is pushed well into the bottom.

With a fork prick all over the base, to be sure that the pastry doesn't form bubbles while cooking.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Spread 450 g Almond cream or frangipane in an even layer approximately 0.2 inches (0.5 cm) deep.

Refrigerate during the preheat of the oven to 410°F (210°C).

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Put the tart in the oven for about 30 minutes. Check that the tart does not blister (does not make bubbles) during this time. If that occurs, pierce them with a pointed knife.

The goal is to obtain a completely even flat tart base.

Stage 4 - 1 hour

Remove from the mould and leave cool on a wire rack.

Stage 5 - 20 min.

Peel and cut in slices 2 bananas and 2 kiwis, pour 1 lemon juice on banana slices to prevent from blackening. Prepare ½ Pineapples, cut in thin pieces.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Start by a ring of banana slices around the outside edge of the tart.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Then a ring of kiwi slices inside the ring of bananas.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Make a circle of pineapple inside the kiwi circle.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

With a brush put 20 g apricot glaze on the fruits to prevent them oxidising and also give the tart an attractive finish.

Refrigerate until serving.

Stage 10

Take out of the fridge 20 minutes before serving.

Remarks

It's the fruit which makes the outer circle of the tart that you will use most of. So if you prefer pineapple for example, start with that, you will use much more than in the centre.

You can change fruits in this recipe, and/or replace frangipane by rich hazelnut buttercream or pistachio cream.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, folded in a plastic film.

Source

After Gaston Lenôtre.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
20,158 Kcal or 84,398 Kj	685 gr	3,458 gr	2,909 gr
1,008 %	263 %	326 %	441 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
858 Kcal or 3,592 Kj	29 gr	147 gr	124 gr
43 %	11 %	14 %	19 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
20,158 Kcal or 84,398 Kj	685 gr	3,458 gr	2,909 gr
1,008 %	263 %	326 %	441 %

% 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 : 6.99 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Almond cream or frangipane: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear tart with almond cream, Mini almond-morello tarts, Plum tart, Fondant-iced pithivier, Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, ... All
	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and lime meringue pie, How to make a good pastry tart case , Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Rhubarb tart, Croute à thé, ... All
	Apricot glaze: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry tart, Tarte Bourdaloue, Apple and pear tart, Lemon and lime custard tart, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All
	Kiwi: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry and kiwi fruit salad, Caramelized brioche with pear and kiwi, European glass, Fruit salad, Pavlova, ... All

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