Strawberry-Basil Tart PDF
Strawberry-Basil Tart PDF
BASIL TART
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STRAWBERRY-BASIL TART
for 6 tarts d=12 cm
GELATIN MASS
1 Pour the powdered gelatin into a clean container and add cold water. Gently stir with a whisk.
2 Place the mixture in the fridge for 10-15 minutes for the gelatin to swell and bloom.
3 Then take the mass out of the fridge and melt it. If there is any foam, remove it with a sieve.
4 Put the mass back into the fridge to set completely. Then cut it into cubes with scissors so it can
be weighed and worked with more conveniently. The ratio of gelatin to water should always be
1:6 (one part of gelatin and six parts of water).
5 You can make the gelatin mass in advance and store it in the fridge for up to 2 days.
TIP
If you are using gelatin leaves, take the same weight of them as you would with powdered gelatin and soak them in
cold water. The gelatin leaves will absorb the right amount of water they need. Then squeeze them and use them as
required.
Milk 2.5% 60 g 6%
Sugar 60 g 6%
Gelatin mass 40 g 4%
Mascarpone 150 g 16%
Whipping cream 35% 600 g 65%
Fresh basil leaves 20 g 2%
1 Pour milk into the saucepan. Add sugar and gelatin mass. Warm the mixture up to around
80 °C / 176 °F until the sugar dissolves and the gelatin melts.
2 Remove the mixture from the heat. Put the mascarpone in a measuring cup.
3 Pour the milk, sugar and gelatin mixture on top of the mascarpone and blend all the ingredients
with a hand blender to ensure a homogeneous and smooth emulsion.
4 Transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl. Add cold whipping cream. Blend everything with the hand
blender briefly.
6 Cover the Chantilly cream with plastic wrap touching the surface and put it in the fridge for at
least 6 hours, better overnight.
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STRAWBERRY-BASIL TART
for 6 tarts d=12 cm
STRAWBERRY COMPOTE
1 Place raspberry puree, strawberry puree, inverted sugar and glucose syrup into a saucepan. Heat
the mixture to 30-35 °C / 86-95 °F until the puree melts and all the sugars dissolve.
2 Mix pectin and sugar. Then gradually add them to the mixture, whisking constantly.
3 Continue heating the mixture on medium heat, bring it to a boil and cook for about 30 seconds to
activate the pectin. Then remove it from the heat.
4 Add the lemon juice and the gelatin mass into the saucepan, and mix everything well with a
whisk.
5 Transfer the compote to a clean mixing bowl, cover it with plastic wrap touching the surface and
put it in the fridge for a few hours until it cools down and sets.
1 Put the sifted flour, icing sugar, cornstarch, almond powder and salt in the bowl of the stand
mixer. Combine all the ingredients with a paddle attachment at low speed until homogeneous.
2 Add cold diced butter into the dry ingredients and continue mixing for a few minutes at low
speed until the mixture resembles wet sand.
TIP
Almond powder can be substituted for another type of nut powder, such as hazelnut, for example.
3 Add the eggs all at once and mix at low speed until combined. The dough should not stick to 4
your fingers, its texture should be smooth and soft.
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STRAWBERRY-BASIL TART
for 6 tarts d=12 cm
4 Place the dough between two parchment paper sheets and roll it to a thickness of 2.5 mm,
starting from the center.
5 Transfer it on the tray and put it in the fridge for 3-6 hours, better overnight.
Ingrеdients
1 Remove the parchment paper from both sides of the shortbread. Then dust it with a little bit of
flour.
2 Cut 6 circles out of the dough using a cake ring 14 cm in diameter, place them into the fluted tart
pans 12 cm in diameter and form the tarts. Cut off the excess dough with a knife.
TIP
To ensure a good lining of tart pans, it is better to work with cold dough.
4 Put the lined tart pans in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to stabilize.
Ingrеdients
EGG WASH
1 Preheat the oven to 165 °C / 330 °F, put the tarts inside. After 5 minutes reduce the temperature
to 140 °C / 284 °F and bake the tarts for 5 minutes more.
2 Remove the tarts from the pans and leave them to cool down for 5-10 minutes. 5
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STRAWBERRY-BASIL TART
for 6 tarts d=12 cm
EGG WASH
3 Combine the egg yolk with the whipping cream and mix everything well with a brush.
4 Brush the mixture over the outer part of the tart shells.
5 Transfer the coated tart shells to a baking tray and bake them at 140 °C / 284 °F for 5-8 minutes
more until they turn golden brown.
6 Let the baked tart shells cool down at room temperature for 5-10 minutes.
ALMOND CREAM
1 Put butter, sugar, cornstarch, almond powder and salt into the mixing bowl.
TIP
It is important to have all ingredients at room temperature.
2 Cut vanilla pod in half and scrape off the seeds, add them to the bowl as well. Mix everything
with a paddle attachment at low speed.
3 Add the eggs gradually and mix everything for a minute until combined. The texture should
resemble soft butter.
4 Transfer the almond cream into a piping bag fitted with a round tip 10 mm in diameter.
Ingredients
1 Put the tart on the scales, pipe around 50-55 g of almond cream into it, trying not to fill the shell
completely.
2 Remove the strawberry tops (calyx) from the fresh strawberries, slice the berries into thick slices
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and dip into the almond cream.
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STRAWBERRY-BASIL TART
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3 After filling the tart shells, place them back into the tart pans.
4 Preheat the oven to 150 °C / 302 °F and bake the tarts for 10-15 minutes.
Ingredients
1 Strain the basil Chantilly cream to remove basil leaves. Transfer it to a mixing bowl and whip on
medium-medium high speed 2-3 minutes.
2 Transfer a third of Chantilly cream into a piping bag fitted with a Saint-Honoré tip. Keep the rest
of the cream in the fridge.
3 Pipe a little bit of Chantilly cream inside the tart and spread it evenly using an offset spatula.
There is no need to cover the surface of the tart completely, just make sure to fill the gaps, which
appeared after baking the strawberries inside the almond cream.
4 Pipe a drop of Chantilly cream on the turntable and stick the tart to it so that it doesn’t move in
the process of decoration.
5 Hold the pastry bag at an angle around 90 degrees, and rotate the turntable at a constant speed.
Pipe the Chantilly cream along the sides of the tart, not reaching its edge by 2 cm. Leave the
center of the tart empty.
6 Cut fresh strawberries (1) into small cubes and mix them with the compote.
8 Cut fresh strawberries (2) into regular circles and arrange them on top of the Chantilly cream
decoration.
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