Fruity Vanilla Creme Tart
It really doesn’t get much better than eating a cool, creamy tart with juicy fresh fruit on a hot summer evening. A few friends and I had a delicious bison barbeque this past week. We had one dish after another until we could hardly eat anymore… but then came the dessert. Consumption of this dessert took place around my kitchen counter with moaning, mmm’s and oh my god’s coming from stuffed faces.
I have noticed that a lot of bloggers have recently been posting fruit tart recipes, but I still couldn’t resist! They are just so good! Summertime is great for fruity desserts. It is also great to have a cold dessert for those hot summer days. This dessert is the perfect combination of the two. The creamy base of the tart is from a pastry filling recipe that I tweaked to make it more like a vanilla custard, but still extra creamy. The assortment of fresh fruit for the top can really be whatever you would like. Berries work great. I loved the addition of the kiwis to the mix as well. Be creative and create your own design with the fruit for some extra fun!
Click here for basic flakey tart crust recipe.
Fruity Vanilla Creme Tart
Ingredients
- 1 basic flakey tart crust see post for recipe
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 5 large egg yolks
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 4 tbsp cold unsalted butter cut into chunks
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large kiwis sliced
- 1 small package fresh raspberries
- 5 large strawberries sliced
- 1 gala apple sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F. Roll the tart dough out and press into an 11" tart pan.
- Poke holes in the dough with a fork, cover with foil and pie weights, and bake the tart crust until golden and crisp (about 30 minutes). Let cool completely.
- For the filling, cook the half-and-half, 6 tbsp sugar and salt in a large saucepan over medium-high heat until the sugar has completely dissolved and simmering(about 3 minutes).
- In a bowl, combine the egg yolks and 2 tbsp sugar and whisk until creamy (about 30 seconds).
- Next, add the cornstarch to the egg mixture and whisk until thickened (about 30 seconds).
- Slowly add the simmering liquid to the egg mixture, whisking constantly.
- Pour the mixture back into the saucepan over medium heat and whisk until it begins to bubble and thickens (about 1 minute).
- Remove the pan from heat and whisk in the butter and vanilla until melted.
- Place in a large bowl, place plastic wrap directly on the custard and place in the refrigerator until completely cooled (at least 3 hours-up to 2 days).
- For the tart, pour the pastry creme into the cooled tart crust and spread evenly.
- Arrange the fruit across the top of the pasty creme before serving.
