Tarte aux Fruits
A stunning French fruit tart with a buttery pastry crust, silky pastry cream, and fresh seasonal fruit glazed to perfection. Elegant enough for dinner guests, achievable for any home cook.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Servings
- 8
- Calories
- 285
- Protein
- 4g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Pour milk into a medium saucepan.
Step 2
Heat milk over medium heat until small bubbles form at the edges.
Step 3
Whisk egg yolks with sugar in a bowl until pale, about 1 minute.
Step 4
Whisk cornstarch into the egg mixture until no lumps remain.
Step 5
Slowly pour hot milk into egg mixture while whisking constantly.
Step 6
Pour mixture back into the saucepan through a fine sieve.
Step 7
Cook over medium heat, whisking continuously until thickened.
Step 8
Remove from heat and whisk in butter and vanilla extract.
Step 9
Press plastic wrap directly onto surface and chill for 20 minutes.
Step 10
Spread chilled pastry cream evenly into the baked pastry shell.
Step 11
Arrange fresh fruit attractively on top of the pastry cream.
Step 12
Whisk apricot jam with water in a small saucepan.
Step 13
Heat jam mixture over low heat for 1 minute until fluid.
Step 14
Brush jam glaze gently over all exposed fruit with a pastry brush.
Step 15
Chill tart for at least 10 minutes before serving.
Tools you’ll need
- medium saucepan
- whisk
- mixing bowl
- fine-mesh sieve
- plastic wrap
- 9-inch tart pan or pie dish
- pastry brush
- small saucepan
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