Tarts are a super impressive dessert to show off, and it actually doesn’t take much to make one! The best thing is that it’s totally customizable, and you can use this base tart for any type of tart you like!
Ingredients
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons of cubed, cold, unsalted butter
Recipe
- In a bowl, whisk together the egg, cream, and vanilla extract.
- In a food processor, add in flour, powdered sugar, and salt to combine. Add in the butter and pulse 15-20 times until the mixture looks like coarse sand.
- Slowly add in the wet ingredients while you pulse.
- Lay out a piece of plastic wrap and pour out the dough and flatten it into a disk about 6-inches in diameter.
- Cover it in plastic wrap, chill for 1 hour, and take it out 10 minutes before you want to use it.
- On a floured surface, roll out the pastry so it’s a little bigger than your tart pan, and then place the pastry in the pan.
- Freeze the shell for 30 minutes before you bake for 30 minutes at 375 F, with foil on it and baking beans to weigh it down.
- Rotate halfway, then bake for 5-10 minutes uncovered and pull it out when it’s golden.
- Cool and then fill with any type of pastry cream, another filling, and fruit!
