Cristine of Cooking with Cristine picked Quick Classic Berry Tart. This sweet buttery tart crust filled with a vanilla pastry cream and topped with fresh fruit is the ideal spring or summer dessert.
Since I was having guests for dinner last week we made mini tarts to serve for dessert. This was the perfect dessert to have for company because both the pastry cream and the tart shells were made a day ahead. At the last minute all we had to do was assemble the tarts. We are lucky enough to live close to a small farmer's market and were able to get some delicious farm fresh berries and when we were putting everything together, we chose not to glaze the tarts since the berries were so ripe and sweet.
Because the tarts were small and the crust thick, we made small mounds of the pastry cream, which provided the right balance of crispy crust to creamy filling. We topped each of them with a single type of berry since they were mini tarts, but on a larger tart a mix of several berries would also be good.
I had a few tart shells and pastry cream left over so I mixed the pastry cream with some caramel sauce I had made earlier and made a few banana caramel tarts. These were good, but we all liked the combination of the simple vanilla cream with the sweet, fresh berries the best. This is a great recipe for experimenting with seasonal fruits and new flavor combinations and I know we will be trying it again with whatever we can get at our farmer's market this summer.
Thank you Cristine for a classic, and versatile recipe. If you want to see what the other TWD bakers made check our blogroll.
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42 comments:
Everything looks sooo delicious, specially the berries are eye catching.
The little banana one at the bottom looks like it's smiling.
Every Tuesdays with Dorie post is literally bursting with bright colours this week! Your tartlets are adorable, I love that the crusts are thick (it's one of the best parts.)
I'm sure your guests must have felt quite lucky. :)
I love all your mini tarts. Someday I'm going to try this with real pastry cream!
And hello--the banana/caramel tarts sounds de-lish to me. Shave a little chocolate on their or something.
Your tarts look amazing! Thanks for baking with me!
Oh my goodness, those are little works of art!
I opened your blog and was so surprised by all these wonderful mini tarts ! They really look so nice !!
The mini tarts look beautiful, and I would have had a hard time choosing just one! Lucky you to be getting local berries so early--I'll definitely be making this again when they are in season here.
I run out of adjectives when I stop by here, and these tarts are no exception. I am blown away by how delicate and beautiful they look.
The mini tarts look beautiful...
Gorgeous tarts and presentation! Bananas and caramel sounds like a great variation.
It looks wonderful, butter and delicious. Great photos!
Supercute!! I took the mini-route too! That banana-caramel variation sounds delicious
Your adorable little tarts look gorgeous enough to be in a magazine. The flavor combinations sound divine!
elles ont l'air vraiment divines ces petites tartelettes, savoureuses et gourmandes comme je les aime
bonne soirée
Oooh! I love the minis! Such gorgeous presentation with the berries on top!
I LOVE your minis! They look so fantastic! :)
They look so pretty....but being hte banana lover that I am I have to say that the caramel cream banana ones are screaming my name.
~ingrid
Btw, how long did you bake those mini tarts? I have some of those pans but worry about over baking them so I wind up not using them.
Just amazing and beautiful. I wish that I still lived in CA and could partake of your mini-tarts. Thanks for sharing. lola
Those are just precious! I could pop so many of those into my mouth, I'd lose count. Yum!
are you a professional baker? these are immaculate and beautiful!
Wow...these look very pretty and delicious. I wish I can have some...mmmm
these are so elegantly-done, mimi--the perfect little treat! you have mad presentation skills. :)
oh, and even after all the appreciation i have for the top batch, i'm even more intoxicated by the caramel-banana version. drool!
Your tarts are beautiful! I love your banana carmel variation. Sounds awesome!
Those tarts are incredibly beautiful Mimi!! I love them with the berries, but I am really intrigued with the banana and caramel version. Fabulous:D
Excellent photos, so vivid and beautiful!! Great shots :-)
Sawadee from bangkok,
Kris
These are such scrumptious little tartlettes! Yummy!
Great job with these mini tarts, Mimi. Is there anything better than pastry cream? I could eat it in a bowl with nothing on it!
I love inidividual desserts like this...always makes me think I am not eating as much. :) But then I invariably have more than one!
Mimi, your tarts are beautiful and I bet delicious as well, especially the blackberry ones! I can see why they didn't need a glaze. Great photos!
Whooo, oh boy thats absolutely breathtaking pictures...awesome display, love it.
I still can't get over how gorgeous these are.
Mimi
These look absolutely delectable! I have been lazy lately and have resorted to making mini tarts in a jiffy with cookie bottoms but these are so so much better!
Wow!! I love the mini tarts...I will so have to get some and make mini tarts next time! Beautiful looking desserts!
Your tarts look wonderful!
Beautiful tarts! I love the single fruit toppings on all of them - including the bananas! They look stunning in the photographs and I'm sure tasted just as wonderful!
Where do I begin? Those berries are beaustiful and the lighting in this photo is lovely.
Bananas generally aren't my thing, but I certainly wouldn't turn one of those down.
Hola!! magnifico blog, me gustan mucho tus recetas...un beso
These tarts are so cute and luscious! They are beautiful and would present well at any party.
Very rpetty- looks like the Fourth of July!
I like the way you sliced the strawberries on the individual tarts. Wouldn't these be perfect for a shower or party?
They look excellent!
The sugar cookies look delicious too!
What cute tartelettes! I didn't get a chance to make these and I was really upset. I hope to rewind them sometime this summer. Yours look just perfect.
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