French Fruit Tarts
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France
Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 8 ingredients
- 1 recipe pastry cream
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- a spoonful of water
- 1/4 pound softened butter
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 quart perfect strawberries Method
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Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
- Blending hot liquid. Let it cool a little first, fill the blender no more than a third, and hold the lid down with a folded towel. Start on the lowest speed. A stick blender in the pan is safer.
- Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.
Method
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- 12 tart shells (use a crisp, 1 glass red current jelly short pastry ) 1 recipe pastry cream 1 quart perfect strawberries Method: Make pastry cream as follows: 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 egg yolks, 2/3 cup milk, 1/4 pound softened butter, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Blend sugar and egg yolks smooth.
- Add milk.
- Stir constantly until thick.
- Bring to a boil and remove from heat immediately, allow to cool.
- Beat the softened butter into the cream until smooth and creamy.
- Cover and refrigerate.
- Hull strawberries and sugar very lightly, chill.
- If strawberries are very big, slice in half lengthwise.
- At serving time, drain the strawberries dry as possible.
- Turn the current jelly into a pan with a spoonful of water and heat until runny.
- Then place 2 generous tablespoons pastry cream at the bottom of each tart-shell, cover the custard completely with strawberries, spoon warm jelly-glaze over the berries (be sure to glaze well) and serve on a silver platter or tray.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Blender
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Chef's knife
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Cutting board
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Wooden spoon
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Spatula
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Colander