The Purple Tart

Name: The Purple Tart
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: Yield 6 individual tarts
Ingredients: whole milk; water; unsalted butter; granulated sugar; cornstarch; cornflour; kosher salt; tahitian; elderflower liqueur; whole egg; vanilla beans; whole blackberries; plain flour; egg yolks; plums; 84% butterfat; almond meal; bean; blackcurrants; unsalted butter; 84% butterfat; blackberries; icing sugar; blackberries; crème de cassis

Preparation info

Yield
6
individual tarts

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

The Secret Recipes

By Dominique Ansel

Published 2014

About

I love making this recipe . . . during the autumn months when gorgeous stone fruits appear in the farmers’ markets.

Ingredients

Blackberry Pastry Cream

Whole milk

½ cup +

Dessert
Autumn
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Make Pastry Cream

Combine the milk and puréed blackberries in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Whisk the egg yolks, cornflour and granulated sugar together in a small heatproof bowl.
When the milk and berries come to a simmer, remove from the heat. Stream one-third into the egg yolks, whisking const