Rustic glazed strawberry tart with almond crust
Rustic glazed strawberry tart with almond crust recipe in the pie category
Recipe ingredients:
- Crust:
- 1 1/3 cups all−purpose flour
- 1/2 cup finely ground almonds
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Strawberry topping:
- 3/4 cup seedless raspberry or strawberry jam
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced
- Sweetened whipped cream, optional
Recipe method:
- Stir together flour, almonds, sugar, lemon rind and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form.
- Whisk together egg and vanilla extract in a small bowl.
- Stir into flour mixture until a dough forms. Shape into a disk.
- Wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a baking sheet.
- Place dough on baking sheet. Pat into a 10 inch circle, forming a high edge.
- Pierce bottom of dough all over with a fork.
- Bake until slightly browned, about 25 minutes.
- Place baking sheet on a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
- Transfer shell to rack to cool completely.
- Strawberry topping:
- Melt jam with lemon juice in a small saucepan over low heat until spreadable.
- Spread 1/2 cup jam mixture over bottom of shell.
- Arrange strawberries on top, cut sides down and pointing out, starting in the center.
- Brush strawberries with remaining jam mixture.
- Serve with whipped cream on the side, if desired.
- Note: The shell may be prepared ahead of time and frozen up to 2 months. Thaw and prepare with fruit topping as recipe directs.
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