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Fresh Strawberry Cream Tart

Side view of fresh sliced strawberry over a pink cream filling of a crispy tart.

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This fresh strawberry and cream tart recipe is made with a sweet pastry crust and a heavy cream, ricotta, and mascarpone cheese filling, and is topped with beautiful sliced strawberries.

Ingredients

Ingredient List Pastry

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) sliced COLD unsalted butter
  • pinch salt
  • 2 Tbsp ICE COLD water
  • cornmeal for rolling tart out

Ingredient List Egg Wash:

  • 1 egg Yolk (no white)
  • splash water
  • pinch salt

Ingredient List Coulis:

  • ¾ cup fresh strawberries (4 medium)
  • 2 Tbsp powdered sugar

Ingredient List Filling:

  • 1/4 cup  powdered sugar
  • zest of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/4 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 ounces (1/2 cup) mascarpone cheese
  • 1 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 2 Tbsp ricotta cheese
  • 2 cup fresh strawberries, sliced as garnish

Ingredient List Strawberry Glaze (goes over the top of the tart):

  • 2 Tbsp strawberry jelly
  • water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F.

Make Master Sweet Pastry.  In a food processor add:

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • pinch salt.  Pulse this a couple times and add:
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) sliced COLD unsalted butter.  Pulse this ~ 50x or until it resembles very coarse sand/salt. Then slowly add:
  • 2 Tbsp ICE COLD water (or just enough to hold the pastry together).  This will look a little like Play-Dough.
  • Form this into a 2" inch round disc.  Saran Wrap.  Leave it in the refrigerator for at least 1/2 hour or overnight.

Make The Tart Crust

  • After 30 minutes have passed: place a little cornmeal on the counter and roll out the dough to fill a 9" tart pan.  
  • Place a piece of parchment over the dough once it's in the tart pan and add some pie weights (or dry beans to weigh it down).  
  • Bake for ~ 25 minutes or until golden.  Remove the pie weight and brush the tart with mixed egg wash.
  • Place tart (no weights) back in oven and bake 15-20 minutes more or until the crust is completely baked and even more golden.  Remove from oven and cool completely before filling.  

Make Strawberry Coulis (Sauce).  In a food processor add:

  • 3/4 cup fresh strawberries (~ 4 medium strawberries)
  • 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp fresh lemon juice

Make Filling.  In a bowl add:

  • Prepared coulis from above.
  • zest of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 ounces (1/2 cup) mascarpone cheese (use cream cheese if you can't find this)
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp heavy cream
  • 2 Tbsp ricotta cheese
  • 2 cups sliced strawberries (~ 12 medium strawberries)

Make The Egg Wash - mix together:

  • 1 egg Yolk (no white)
  • splash water
  • pinch salt

Make The Glaze To Go Over the Top of The Tart - Combine:

  • 2 Tbsp strawberry jelly
  • 2 tsp water

Put The Tart Together:

  • Add the filling when the crust is cool and layer the sliced strawberry's on the top.  
  • Gently brush the WARM (microwave this) strawberry jelly glaze mixture over the top of the strawberry garnish.
  • Put it back in the refrigerator and chill before serving.