Foodie Friday: Fresh Fruit Tart with Pastry Cream {Gluten, Peanut and Tree-Nut Free}
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Serves: 8
 
This recipe makes two 7" tarts or one 11" tart
Ingredients
  • TART DOUGH
  • 2 cups Cup 4 Cup gluten-free flour blend
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • ¾ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 stick butter, cut into pieces
  • 2 extra large eggs, beaten
  • PASTRY CREAM
  • 1 pint milk
  • 4 oz sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 2 oz cornstarch
  • ½ stick butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 pint heavy cream
  • TOPPINGS
  • Assorted berries and fruit of your choice to cover the tart
Instructions
  1. PASTRY DOUGH
  2. Combine dry ingredients(flour, sugar, baking powder and salt) in a stand mixture with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl and mix together on low speed or gently by hand just to incorporate all of the ingredients
  3. Add butter and mix on 1st or 2nd speed of mixer or by hand until the butter is completely incorporated and the dough resembles the texture of cornmeal
  4. Add beaten eggs in and mix until the dough starts to hold together and form a ball
  5. Shape dough into a large cylinder (about 3½") and cover with plastic wrap
  6. Place in refrigerator for about 1 hour to firm up
  7. Once firm, heat oven to 350 and cut the dough in half (if using a 7" pan) and roll it out with a rolling pin in a circular shape, flouring your surface, as needed to prevent it from sticking
  8. Press the dough into the bottom of the pan and up the sides
  9. Place in the oven and bake for about 15-20 minutes until golden-brown
  10. Remove and allow to cool at room temperature
  11. PASTRY CREAM
  12. Place milk and sugar in a sauce pot and heat until just boiling
  13. In the meantime, place the eggs in a bowl and whisk with cornstarch until fully incorporated and there are no lumps
  14. Stream about ⅓ of the heated milk into the bowl with the eggs and cornstarch slowly, whisking continuously
  15. Add the mixture back into the sauce pot with the milk. Turn the heat to medium and whisk continuously until the mixture thickens and bubbles
  16. Remove from the heat and whisk in the butter and vanilla extract
  17. Pour the cream into a shallow pan and cover directly with plastic wrap touching the surface of the cream before placing in the refrigerator to cool for at least 1 hour.
  18. Once cool, use the whip attachment of the stand mixer or a whisk and beat the heavy cream until is just starts to form very soft peaks
  19. Fold the whipped heavy cream into the pastry cream
  20. TARTS
  21. Place enough pastry cream to cover the entire pastry shell but do not go over the edges
  22. Arrange the fruit in a decorative pattern
  23. Serve and enjoy immediately or you may brush a melted jelly or jam over the fruit to preserve it.
Recipe by Jackie Ourman at http://jackieourman.com/foodie-friday-fresh-fruit-tart-with-pastry-cream-gluten-peanut-and-tree-nut-free/