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Fresh fruit tart

Name: Fresh fruit tart
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp cold, divided butter; 2/3 cup divided sugar; 5 egg yolk; 1 2/3 cups milk; 1/4 cup cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); 1 cup halved strawberries; 2 sliced kiwi fruit; 1/2 cup blueberries; 1 small sliced ripe mango; 3 tbsp for glazing apricot jam (apricot preserves); a pinch salt

Crisp pastry, vanilla cream and a mosaic of fruit. The patisserie window, at your table.

100 minTime

6 gProtein each

mildSpice

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6 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

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Classic French fruit tart, tarte aux fruits.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ cups

Butter½ cup plus 1 tbsp, cold, divided

Sugar⅔ cup, divided

Egg yolk5

Milk1⅔ cups

Cornflour (cornstarch)¼ cup

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Strawberries1 cup, halved

Kiwi fruit2, sliced

Blueberries½ cup

Ripe mango1 small, sliced

Apricot jam (apricot preserves)3 tbsp, for glazing

Salta pinch

Method

5 steps

1Rub 115 g cold butter into the maida, 30 g sugar and salt. Add one yolk and 1 to 2 tbsp cold water to bring it together. Chill 30 minutes.
2Roll out, line a 9 inch tart tin, prick, line with paper and baking beans. Bake at 180 C for 15 minutes, then 10 minutes without beans.
3Heat the milk. Whisk the remaining yolks, 100 g sugar and cornflour, pour in the hot milk, return to the pan and whisk on medium until it boils and thickens.
4Off the heat, whisk in the remaining butter and vanilla. Cover the surface with cling film and chill.
5Spread the cold cream into the cold shell and arrange the fruit in circles. Brush with warmed apricot jam.

Serve it like this

Serve chilled slices on flat plates, cut with a sharp knife so the fruit stays in place.

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