Tip and Tricks?
*You can have fun playing around mixing two colored of grapes...white and red.
*Ideal with a coffee or an herbal tea for a successful four o'clock snack...
*The small element which makes the big difference?
*the poppy seeds that adds texture to the cream!
For a 20 mm tart plate
Ingredients to be prepared
Sugar crust pastry:
A.
250 gr flour
125 gr soft butter
50 g icing sugar
30 g cold water
1 egg yolk
The zest of an (untreated) lemon
Ingredients for the custard cream:
B.
1 dl freshly whole milk
The zest of an (untreated) lemon
100 gr sugar
2 egg yolks
45 gr starch
25 gr flour
1 soup spoon of poppy seeds
Some drops of bitter almond extract
1kilos grapes, half red half white...cut in two
Preparation:
Prepare the dough by mixing all the ingredients of the A list.
Let rest in the refrigerator approximately 2 hours before spreading it onto the oven plate. It is normal if the dough is very sandy. Do not add too much flower!
Recover with cooking paper and dry beans to be able to blind bake it 20 min. in the oven at 180 °. Then remove the paper and beans and continue baking for 10 more minutes.
Boil the milk with the lemon peel. In a salad bowl, whip egg yolks and sugar during 2 minutes until the mixture becomes white. Add the flour and the starch and mix to obtain a smooth preparation , without lumps. Integrate gradually the hot milk into this mixture while whipping. Add the poppy seeds and the bitter almond extract of . Lay the cream and arrange grapes onto the tart!
Serve warm or cold!
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