Friday, December 2, 2011

BLUEBERRY TART

There is nothing better than home-made Blueberry Tart! Try this free Blueberry Tart Recipe, delicious on its own and even better served with cream, ice-cream or vanilla custard.


Ingredients


Pastry
225g cake flour
125g butter
80g icing sugar
2 tsp grated lemon peel or lime peel
3 extra large egg yolks
2 Tblsp ice water


Filling
1 Tblsp grated lemon peel or lime peel
1 tsp vanilla essence
100g butter
125g castor sugar
1 extra large egg
1 extra large egg yolk
100g ground almonds
50g cake flour
100g blueberries


Method

Pastry
  • Blitz the flour, butter, icing sugar and lemon peel together to form crumbs.
  • Add the egg yolks, one at a time, pulsing between each addition.
  • Add 1 Tablespoon of water at a time and pulse until mixture comes together (add extra water if needed).
  • Remove dough and shape into a ball. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 180ÂșC.
  • Roll out pastry to about a 3mm thickness and line a 22cm-springform tin with the pastry.
  • Bake the pastry base for 10 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool and allow to cool.
Filling
  • In a mixing bowl beat the peel, vanilla essence, butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. 
  • Add the egg, then the yolk, beating well after each addition.
  • Fold through almonds and flour and spread mixture into pastry case and finally scatter the blueberries over the top.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes until golden.
  • Allow to cool slightly (or completely) before serving hot or cold.
Serving Suggestions:


Serve hot or cold with ice cream, cream or vanilla custard.


Serves 4 - 6

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