MINI WILD STRAWBERRY TARTS - BARQUETTES DE FRAISES DES BOIS
Spring in South West France is a gastronomic feast.....all our local markets are overflowing with luscious new vegetables and fruits. My favourites are the little "wild woodland" fraises des bois strawberries, which I am growing in my own garden this year. I thought I would share this pretty way of serving these deliciously sweet strawberries with you - I call them a flavour explosion of strawberry essence! If you cannot get fraises des bois, use seasonal and small strawberries instead. You can buy barquette tins quite easily in France, but if you can't find them locally, this recipe will work equally well with ordinary round tart tins, as I have used for the photo. Alternatively you could make one big tart. (Barquette tins are shaped like small gondola boats!)
Provided by French Tart
Categories Tarts
Time 30m
Yield 8-10 Tarts, 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- First make your pastry. Place the flour and sugar in a food processor and whizz for thirty seconds. Turn the processor back on and add the chilled butter and finally the egg. If the pastry needs a little more liquid add a spot of water until the dough rolls cleanly round the bowl. Wrap your pastry in Clingfilm and chill for half an hour whilst you prepare the tartlet tins and strawberries.
- Taste one of your strawberries to judge their sweetness. If they are sweet and luscious, as fraises des bois generally are, they will only need hulling, rinsing and a final dressing with the sugar syrup. If they're a little too tart, rinse them, lay them on a plate and sprinkle with caster sugar to give them a bit of a boost.
- Pre-heat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- Butter your barquette or round tart tins, take the pastry out of the fridge and roll it out. Line each tin and prick the bottoms well. Bake in the oven for about fifteen to twenty minutes, but keep an eye on them, they may need pricking again. Leave to cool.
- Make a simple sugar syrup by boiling two tablespoons of caster sugar with the water for two minutes or so. Allow to cool. Mix the icing sugar & vanilla essence with the crème fraiche and chill.
- When you are ready to serve your barquettes/tarts, spread them with crème fraiche mixture; sit the strawberries on top and brush with the glaze.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 488.2, Fat 28.3, SaturatedFat 17.2, Cholesterol 107.4, Sodium 146.2, Carbohydrate 54.1, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 19.9, Protein 6.4
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[email protected]These tarts were a bit too time-consuming to make, but they were worth it. They're so delicious!
Boadi Mavis
[email protected]I've made these tarts several times now and they're always a hit. They're the perfect summer dessert.
Becky Davies
[email protected]These tarts are so elegant and delicious. They're perfect for a special occasion.
mary magdalene
[email protected]I'm not a baker, but these tarts were easy to make and turned out great!
CH SAFEER
[email protected]These tarts were a bit too sweet for my taste, but my kids loved them.
Muhammad Affan
[email protected]I've made these tarts several times now and they're always a hit. They're the perfect summer dessert.
Omarion Ruddock
[email protected]These tarts are so beautiful and delicious. I'm so glad I found this recipe.
Ayesha Mustafa
[email protected]I made these tarts for a bake sale and they sold out in minutes! Everyone loved them.
Lydiah Odera
[email protected]These tarts were a bit too time-consuming to make, but they were worth it. They're so delicious!
Md Forid Khan
[email protected]I'm not a huge fan of strawberries, but I really enjoyed these tarts. The crust was so flaky and the filling was just the right amount of sweetness.
Indu Tamang
[email protected]These tarts are so elegant and delicious. They're perfect for a special occasion.
Nay Carrz
[email protected]I had a hard time finding wild strawberries, so I used regular strawberries instead. They still turned out great!
Veyi Afrideps
[email protected]The filling was a bit too sweet for my taste, but the crust was perfect.
Khutso Thato
[email protected]These tarts were easy to make and turned out so beautiful! I will definitely be making them again.
Carol Moran
[email protected]I made these tarts for my family and they loved them! The crust was so buttery and the strawberries were so fresh.
Lizzy Oluchi
[email protected]These mini tarts were a hit at my last party! The combination of the sweet strawberries and the flaky crust was perfect.