Strawberry tart

Strawberry tart

Ingredients

Marzipan

250g Marzipan

Sugar

80g Sugar

Butter

7 oz Butter

Eggs

4 Eggs

All purpose flour

50g All purpose flour

Dark Chocolate

100g Dark Chocolate

vanilla sugar

3 tsp vanilla sugar

Egg Yolks

3 Egg Yolks

Sugar

50g Sugar

Cornstarch

2 tablespoons Cornstarch

Milk

3/4 cup Milk

Double Cream

1/2 cup Double Cream

Strawberries

500g Strawberries

Mint

Handful Mint

Instructions

1- Tart shell Heat oven to 175°C / 347 °F Grate the marzipan and mix thoroughly with the sugar.

2- Whip the mixture with butter until fluffy.

3- Whip the eggs into the mixture and then folk the flour into the dough.

4- Line an approximately 24 cm springform pan with baking paper and grease with butter.

5- Then roll out the dough and transfer to the pan.

6- Bake in the middle of the oven for approximately 25 minutes.

7- Prepare the vanilla custard while the dough bakes.

8- Finely chop the chocolate and sprinkle over the shell after baking.

9- Spread out the chocolate with a spatula as it melts.

10- Allow the shell to cool to room temperature.

11- Vanilla custard Mix vanilla sugar, egg yolks, sugar and corn starch in a saucepan.

12- Turn the heat to medium and whisk in the milk.

13- Heat the mixture while stirring until it thickens.

14- Transfer the custard to a container and cool completely.

15- Whip the double cream to a light foam and folk into the cooled vanilla custard.

16- Tart assembly Rinse the strawberries, remove the stems and quarter from top to bottom Spread the vanilla custard in a thick layer on top of the tart shell.

17- Top with the fresh strawberries and fresh mint (optional).

18- Bon appétit!.