Tarte aux Fraises

Name: Tarte aux Fraises
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Sweet pastry (pâte sucrée): 250g flour, 125g butter, 100g icing sugar, 1 egg; Crème pâtissière: 500ml milk, 4 yolks, 100g sugar, 40g cornflour, vanilla; 500g fresh strawberries, hulled; 3 tbsp apricot jam or redcurrant jelly, for glazing

Tarte aux fraises/tart oh FREZ/

Also known as: French Strawberry Tart, Strawberry Tart

About this dish

A crisp sweet pastry case filled with vanilla crème pâtissière and topped with glazed fresh strawberries.

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Ingredients

🥧Sweet pastry (pâte sucrée): 250g flour, 125g butter, 100g icing sugar, 1 egg

🥛Crème pâtissière: 500ml milk, 4 yolks, 100g sugar, 40g cornflour, vanilla

🍓500g fresh strawberries, hulled

🍯3 tbsp apricot jam or redcurrant jelly, for glazing

Method

Serves 2

Make the pastry, chill it, then line a tart tin and blind-bake at 180°C (350°F) until golden.

Make the crème pâtissière and chill until set.

Spread the cream evenly in the cooled tart case.

Arrange the strawberries tightly on top.

Brush with warm jam to glaze and chill before serving.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Strawberry tart is a classic of French pâtisserie windows in late spring, when Gariguette strawberries come into season.

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