Tarte aux Fruits with Crème Pâtissière

Name: Tarte aux Fruits with Crème Pâtissière
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: ¾ pint/420 ml single cream; 4 egg yolks – from large eggs; ½ tsp vanilla essence, or a few drops of vanilla extract; ½ tsp vanilla essence, or a few drops of vanilla extract; 5 oz/140 g plain flour; 1 tbsp icing sugar; 3 oz/84 g butter, chilled and cut into bits; A selection of fruit – halved strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, halved green or black grapes, whole raspberries, halved apricots are all suitable; A selection of fruit – halved strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, halved green or black grapes, whole raspberries, halved apricots are all suitable; A selection of fruit – halved strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, halved green or black grapes, whole raspberries, halved apricots are all suitable; A selection of fruit – halved strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, halved green or black grapes, whole raspberries, halved apricots are all suitable; 1 tsp cornflour; A selection of fruit – halved strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, halved green or black grapes, whole raspberries, halved apricots are all suitable; 4 egg yolks – from large eggs; 3 oz/84 g caster sugar; Good apricot jam, warmed and sieved, to brush over the entire surface; A selection of fruit – halved strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, halved green or black grapes, whole raspberries, halved apricots are all suitable; A selection of fruit – halved strawberries, sliced peaches or nectarines, halved green or black grapes, whole raspberries, halved apricots are all suitable

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

You can vary the fruits you use according to what you can get! This is a most attractive pie – and it is delicious. I love the contrast between the textures of the crisp pastry, the smooth cream and the fruit.

Ingredients

For the pastry

3 oz/84 g butter, chilled and cut into bits
5 oz/

Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian
Summer
Microwave

Method

Put the ingredients for the pastry into a food processor and whiz till the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Pat this firmly around the sides and base of a flan dish measuring approximately 9 inches/23 cm