Strawberry Tartlet: the easy recipe

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My favorite since childhood...

Yields2 Servings
Prep Time25 minsCook Time25 minsTotal Time50 mins
Base
 200 Strawberry
For the pastry cream, about 250 g
 1 Egg yolk
 200 Milk
 50 Sugar
 1 Cornstarch
 5 Vanilla sugar
Directions
1

Heat the milk and vanilla sugar (or vanilla pod) over low heat in a saucepan.

2

In the meantime, whisk the egg yolk and sugar in a bowl until lightened in color, then add the cornstarch (or flour). Mix while avoiding lumps.

3

Once the mixture is ready, add about half of the hot milk, mix, then transfer the mixture to the pot of milk that should remain on the heat. Stir continuously until it thickens. Remove the cream from the heat and let it cool in a bowl.

4

To finish the preparation of the tartlets: Place the dough into tartlet molds. Bake the shortcrust pastry blind for 20 minutes at 200°C. Once the tart bases are baked, pour in the pastry cream, then top with strawberries. Serve chilled and dust with powdered sugar just before tasting.

Ingredients

Base
 200 Strawberry
For the pastry cream, about 250 g
 1 Egg yolk
 200 Milk
 50 Sugar
 1 Cornstarch
 5 Vanilla sugar

Directions

Directions
1

Heat the milk and vanilla sugar (or vanilla pod) over low heat in a saucepan.

2

In the meantime, whisk the egg yolk and sugar in a bowl until lightened in color, then add the cornstarch (or flour). Mix while avoiding lumps.

3

Once the mixture is ready, add about half of the hot milk, mix, then transfer the mixture to the pot of milk that should remain on the heat. Stir continuously until it thickens. Remove the cream from the heat and let it cool in a bowl.

4

To finish the preparation of the tartlets: Place the dough into tartlet molds. Bake the shortcrust pastry blind for 20 minutes at 200°C. Once the tart bases are baked, pour in the pastry cream, then top with strawberries. Serve chilled and dust with powdered sugar just before tasting.

Notes

Strawberry Tartlet: the easy recipe
  • SabDecember 29, 2018
    A disaster! I have made several pastry creams before, and I have never had such a result! Lumps! I had to throw away the mixture; it was impossible to recover. Surely due to the cornstarch for me.
  • méchaDecember 29, 2018
    Please provide the recipe for shortcrust pastry.
  • MileDecember 29, 2018
    Very good! __Next time, I will try using less sugar.
  • IdrissDecember 29, 2018
    Magnificent, I wasn't expecting that.
  • NiniDecember 29, 2018
    Very good hummmm, however, the only problem is that there is no recipe for the crumb.

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Nutrition Facts

2 servings

Serving size

2

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