An easy and at the same time delicious strawberry tart recipe, accompanied by “Thalero” the white semi-sweet wine of our winery “Oenou Yi – Ktima Vassiliades”.
Ingredients:
For the dough:
- 200 gr. unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pieces
- 450 gr. flour
- 2 eggs, yolks only
- 7 -8 tbsps water
- 1 tsp. sugar
For the cream:
- 350 gr. fresh whole milk
- 1 vanilla stick, cut lengthwise
- 4 eggs, yolks only
- 100 gr. granulated sugar
- 25 gr. flour plus a little more for sprinkling
- lemon zest
To assemble:
- 500 gr. strawberries, peeled and cut in half
- icing sugar for dusting
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180οC air or 160οC heating elements and place the middle rack on.
- Butter the tart plate. Put all the ingredients for the dough in the mixer. Mix them well until they become a soft mass. Then wrap the dough in cling film and put it in the fridge for half an hour.
- Lay a sheet of foil on your workbench, and spread the dough with the rolling pin to the width of your tart plate.
- Then pierce the dough around with a fork and bake for about 30 minutes. Leave to cool.
- Put the milk and the vanilla stick in a saucepan for a few minutes to heat through.
- In a bowl, mix the yolks and the sugar. Add the flour and the lemon zest.
- Gradually add the milk to the egg mixture, stirring constantly.
- When the mixture is homogenised, pour it back in the pot and heat on low heat, stirring constantly until it thickens.
- Remove the pot from the heat, cover the surface of the cream with cling film and let cool.
- Fill the tart with cream and flatten it. Place the strawberries on top and sprinkle with icing sugar. The tart is ready to be served. Enjoy it with a glass of Thalero by ‘Oenou Yi – Ktima Vassiliades’!
