Name: Strawberry puff pastries (Tarte feuilletée aux fraises)
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 125 ml (4 fl oz) ice-cold water; 150 g (5 oz) cold butter, cut into small cubes; 1 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting; 250 ml (9 fl oz) double cream; 200 g (7 oz) plain flour; 85 g (3 oz) ground almonds; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) strawberries, hulled and sliced

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

New Bistro

By Fran Warde

Published 2009

About

French bistros make beautiful tarts and these always reflect the seasons and the availability of local fruit, so when the strawberry season is in full flow you will see strawberry tarts on the menu. The difference with this recipe is that it uses puff pastry, which is deliciously delicate and flaky, and which marries so well with the soft strawberry texture.