SCRUMPTIOUS AND FRESH STRAWBERRY TART

SCRUMPTIOUS AND FRESH STRAWBERRY TART- A beautiful spring tart!

Who doesn’t love a beautiful tart? Especially when it’s filled with a gorgeous, creamy citrus filling and piled high with fresh juicy strawberries! As you may know, I am not much of a baker but I do love to make pies and tarts! For me, a tart is as good as it’s crust and the freshness of the fruit that goes into it! Today’s tart is legendary in my neck of the woods. Strawberry pies are on the menu here from spring until the end of our strawberry harvest in mid June.  I’m seeing gorgeous strawberries from California at my local markets so I know it’s time to make a scrumptious and fresh strawberry tart!

 

SCRUMPTIOUS AND FRESH STRAWBERRY TART- A beautiful spring tart!

The secret to a delicious strawberry tart to prepare what you can ahead of time but assemble it just before serving! A fruit tart is at its best just after it has been put together! 

SCRUMPTIOUS AND FRESH STRAWBERRY TART

A light tart filled with orange citrus cream and topped with fresh strawberries!
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Ingredients

  • FOR TART
  • 8 TBS butter melted
  • 3 TBS sugar
  • 1/4 tsp table salt not kosher
  • 1 1/4 all purpose flour a little more it needed
  • FOR CITRUS PASTRY CREAM
  • 1 1/2 cups milk I use 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup light cream
  • 1/2 vanilla pod sliced lengthwise and seeds scraped to remove, reserve all
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 3 TBS cornstarch
  • 2 TBS flour
  • 2 TBS butter cut into small pieces
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • pinch of salt
  • 1- 1 1/2 lb fresh strawberries
  • 1/4 cup orange marmalade

Instructions

  • Wash and thoroughly dry strawberries. Set aside
  • Add the butter, sugar and salt into a medium bowl. Mix until incorporated. Add flour and stir till just mixed to form a soft dough.
  • Put the dough in a 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Using the bottom of a glass press the dough into the bottom of the pan and up the sides. Flour the glass to keep the dough from sticking to it. Make sure the dough is evenly spread. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, put milk, vanilla pod and seeds into a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat until just simmering. Remove from the heat.
  • Put the sugar and egg yolks in a medium heatproof bowl and hand whip until incorporated. Sift the cornstarch and flour through a fine sieve into the egg and sugar mixture. Stir to combine. You will be using the sieve again so wash and dry it and put it over another medium size heatproof bowl.
  • Remove the vanilla pod from the milk and whisking constantly, slowly mix the egg mixture into the milk.
  • Return the custard cream mixture to the saucepan over medium heat and whisk constantly until the custard thickens, about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • Pour the custard cream through the sieve into the bowl stirring it with a rubber spatula. Scrape all the custard from the bottom of the sieve and discard any hard lumps left in the sieve.
  • Add butter, orange zest and salt to the custard cream. Stir until the butter melts and the zest is distributed throughout the custard.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and make sure it touches the top of the custard to prevent a skin.
  • Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
  • Preheat the oven at 350°. Prick the crust with a fork and bake for 20- 25 minutes until golden brown. Cool the tart crust completely.
  • To assemble: Hull and slice washed and dried strawberries 1/4 inch thick. Whisk citrus custard until smooth. Add custard to the bottom of the tart and spread evenly. Starting with the outside rim (next to the crust) lay strawberries next to one another with the pointed ends facing out and slightly up. Continue till the entire face of the tart is covered.
  • Heat the marmalade in the microwave until just melted. Don't over heat. Using a pastry brush, brush a scant amount of marmalade over the strawberries. Remove the side of the tart pan and serve.

Notes

Best if assembled right before eating.
Author: Yvonne @ StoneGable
I hope you will try making your own scrumptious and fresh strawberry tart!

SCRUMPTIOUS AND FRESH STRAWBERRY TART- A beautiful spring tart!

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64 Comments

  1. Yum!!! Citrus and strawberries is a favorite combination.

  2. Carol Elkins says:

    Oh my goodness – this sounds amazing!!!

  3. Anne Marie says:

    This sounds delicious – am thinking it would be perfect for Easter dinner.

  4. Patricia T says:

    Perfect timing, Yvonne! My local farm market (I live in Florida) has the juiciest, sweetest ripe strawberries right now! Your recipe couldn’t have arrived at a better time. I’m making this tomorrow. And probably again for Easter brunch. Thank you!

  5. The strawberry tart looks so amazingly yummy! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

  6. I’ve never made one but this receipe looks simple enough, going to try it, perhaps even for Easter Sunday.

  7. This recipe sounds scrumptious! I will definitely try it as my strawberries are growing like crazy and should be ripening soon. I tried your Nani’s Sautéed Rice recipe and it was a real hit. We have already had it a few times now…..and love it every time! Thank you for sharing.

  8. Wow, does this recipe look delicious. I must pin this one!

  9. I love strawberry pie, your citrus custard sounds amazing.

  10. Yum yum yum your tarts looks beautiful.
    Had strawberries this morning at breakfast. California strawberries not as sweet as Michigan’s harvested during the season but still good

  11. Looks and sounds awesome

  12. Looks so beautiful What look great on an Easter buffet.

  13. Carol Swanson says:

    You always have the best recipes! Thanks for sharing this one with us.

  14. This is definitely on my to-do list!!!! It looks heavenly!

  15. Arell Olson says:

    So yummy looking and fresh! I will try it out! Beautiful pictures! Love your blog!

  16. Pam Iaquinta says:

    Scored ranmumculus today at Lowe’s.
    Thank you for the awesome idea.

  17. Looks so yummy, just needs a dollop of fresh whipped cream.

  18. Yummy, thanks for sharing.

  19. I think perfect for Easter dinner dessert!

  20. Avril Crundwell says:

    My mother used to always make fresh strawberry pie. Your recipe looks amazing

  21. Diane westbrook says:

    Oh,my….oh my..how beautiful this is and so yummy looking….it will definitively be our dessert for Easter!! Thanks for sharing…now I need to go find my tart tin!

  22. I love anything with strawberries and this looks scrumptious. Thanks for sharing.

  23. This looks and sounds delicious! I make a strawberry pie that the crust taste like shortbread cookies and is piled high with fresh strawberries; it is one of my favorites, but I am going to make this tart for Easter. Thank you for sharing wonderful recipes but also beautiful photography.

    1. This looks and sounds delicious. A must try!

  24. Yvonne, your photography just blows me away. You knock it out of the park every. single. time. Will you please do a blog post on the camera, lens, etc. you use and share some of your tips for perfect photography. It’s the thing Jordan and I struggle with the most.

    1. Believe it or not, Janette I am not that good with a camera. I think I have a “good eye” and the rest is sorta serendipity. The learning curve is pretty steep, isn’t it?

  25. What a beautiful tart! Our Oregon strawberries won’t be ready until June (or maybe a bit later since this is such a strange spring), but we can always purchase the strawberries shipped up from California. A must try!

  26. Your recipe looks delicious!

  27. Minnie mccoy says:

    Oh me, oh my!
    Looks soooo yummy!

  28. Sheila Philippi says:

    I can’t wait for our strawberries to be ready around here!!! Your tart looks divine!!!

  29. Your strawberry tart looks delicious!

  30. Yum..will need to make.
    It’s very similar to my recipe..with exception of the citrus cream layer.
    Perfect for Easter if I can get nice berries, as our season is done.
    Pinning too.

  31. The tart is beautiful, but I thought part of the steps seemed difficult. Maybe someday I’ll get ambitious and give it a try. I’m anxious to try the Raspberry Lemon Curd Flower Tart… I thought they were adorable and were just screaming “Mother’s Day!”

    1. The tart is really not that hard to make. I like very detailed instructions.

  32. Oh my! Looks and sounds delicious! I pinned it for later!

  33. I could eat the picture….so yummy looking!

  34. This looks like a winner and one my whole family would love.

  35. This looks so pretty and sounds delicious. I’ve saved it and will definitely be making it in the near future.

  36. YUM, I’m going into “tart” mode immediately!???

  37. Yum!
    I have two allegedly allergic, but they can have something else delectable!

  38. Oh my goodness!!!! Yummy

  39. Tammy Moon says:

    yum and so pretty

  40. Beth Brown says:

    This looks amazing!

  41. Tammy foster says:

    The strawberry tart looks delicious! There’s nothing like a good homemade crust with a fresh fruit tart!

  42. Barbara Harilaou says:

    Looks delicious .. Will definitely give it a try….

  43. Thanks for the recipe. My strawberry-lovin’ daughter would drool over this!

  44. Renee Wimberly says:

    This looks delicious! I love all things strawberry!

  45. This looks so yummy, I can almost taste it. Yum, cannot wait to make

  46. Ram0na Yunger says:

    The measurement for the flour needs clarification . I am assuming it is meant to be a cup. I looks wonderful, worth trying.

    1. Hi Ramona, Baking is more of a science than a measure and dump. Depending on the humidity and your altitude you might need a little more flour to make your dough the right consistency. Start with a cup and if the dough is too wet add a little more flour. Hope this helps!

  47. Suzanne Johnston says:

    Oh my, that does look great!!

  48. This tart looks so good! I just found your blog and signed up. I am looking forward to your posts and all the wonderful information.

  49. Really a great addition. I have read this marvelous post. Thanks for sharing information about it. I really like that. Thanks so lot for your convene.

  50. Hi Yvonne, I really like your blog , and I know you have to have ads, but I feel I can’t even read your page for all of the ads…. sorry!!!!

    1. Hi Martha, I know ads can be distracting! And yes I do this for a living. However, you have NOOOOOOO idea the cost of publishing a blog. Especially, a blog like StoneGable!!!!!! I have a payroll of several people who help me and many other paid subscriptions including hosting (lots of $$) etc. I hope you can overlook the ads and concentrate on all the great content and images I work sohard to create! If not, I understand!

  51. Yvonne, I’m reading your recipe for the strawberry tart which looks delicious! I’m not sure of one step if you could please clarify: why a heatproof bowl for the sugar and egg yolks mixture? Aren’t they going into the heated milk?
    I want to give it a try but don’t want to mess up this step! Thank you!