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Tarte aux Fraises (French Strawberry Tart)

Name: Tarte aux Fraises (French Strawberry Tart)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: puff pastry sheet 1 pieces; heavy cream 500 ml; milk 250 ml; egg yolks 5 pieces; sugar 90 g; cornstarch 30 g; fresh strawberries, halved 500 g; vanilla bean 1 pieces; egg, beaten 1 pieces

A crisp pastry shell filled with custard and fresh strawberries.

55 minutes · 8 servings · Moderate

A strawberry tart puts fresh fruit on a pastry shell, which sounds simple until you see how quickly the pastry softens under a wet filling. The custard is cooked and the fruit added afterwards, and the tart is assembled close to serving. Shining it with glaze is what makes it look the way a shop tart looks.

Ingredients

puff pastry sheet1 pieces
heavy cream500 ml
milk250 ml
egg yolks5 pieces
sugar90 g
cornstarch30 g
fresh strawberries, halved500 g
vanilla bean1 pieces
egg, beaten1 pieces

Directions

1
Heat milk and cream with vanilla 5 minutes; whisk in yolks, sugar and starch; cook 8 minutes.
2
Cut pastry into a round, dock, brush with egg and bake at 200C for 20 minutes.
pastry is puffed and golden
3
Fill the cooled shell with custard.
4
Arrange strawberries on top; chill 1 hour.

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