This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was for a Quick Classic Berry Tart. Sounds perfect, right? Who doesn’t like quick things that also have berries and are tarts? A crazy person, that’s who. However, this tart is only “quick” if you’re the kind of person who has perfectly shaped pre-baked tart crusts around, as well as a couple of batches of pastry cream, just waiting to be used. That type of person is not this person.
After a pretty disastrous Mother’s Day involving a tree-crushed car, sprained shoulder, and outing cut short for a trip to the hospital (don’t worry everyone is fine) (Mom, I’m so sorry the day was such a mess!), I decided to make this tart to bring over to her. While again, it wasn’t exactly “quick”, it certainly wasn’t too difficult. The sweet tart dough in Dorie’s book is a cinch to make, which you then bake and cook. Making the pastry cream was a bit more fraught with anxiety (tempering eggs! aah!) but seems to have gone ok. I couldn’t quite tell if the cream was boiling for the requisite 1-2 minutes so I took it off the heat once the pastry cream was the consistency of, well, pastry cream. I also used almond extract instead of vanilla because I ran out.
It turned out delicious! Mom’s verdict: “the best ever!!!” And that is high praise. I love you Mom! This week’s recipe was chosen by Christine of Cooking with Christine. Please visit her blog for the recipe.
Bonus Puppy!
Gorgeous looking tart! Did you get a new camera? Your baked goods always look delish, but this one is jumping off the screen!
IPhone camera! I had been using Eddie’s old one (which always looked a little blurry) and finally got lazy and just started using my phone and all of a sudden the pics look great. Is there anything those IPhones can’t do? I’ll make one for you next time you all come to town
awww PUPPY!!! c’mere cutie pie! That’s an iphone camera? Great picture, I’m impressed. I’m also impressed by your tart. The casual way you strewed the berries on top is awesome.
Wow–what a Mother’s Day adventure! Glad everyone is okay:)
Your tart looks wonderful with the strawberries, and almond extract sounds like a perfect variation for the filling.
Yum!! Those strawberries look gorgeous and I am so glad your mom enjoyed this tart!
I agree with you, this is not the quickest tart to make. It is pretty tasty though!
Oh man, I am so sorry you had such a hard time! Oof! I’m glad you liked the tart, though!
I’m glad everyone is okay! What better than this tart to make a bad day better?! Yours looks picture perfect!
Ciao ! Lovely dog and super nice tart !!
That tart looks delicious! I love strawberries. I will have to try my hand at making one sometime.
Very nicely done!
Sorry to hear about your Mother’s Day. Certainly hope everyone’s better and things have settled down.
~ingrid