Summer Berry Cream Tart

For Mother's Day, Emma in addition to I made a dessert that nosotros form of simply made up. I had a vision for creamy vanilla pastry cream, tart berries in addition to toasted meringue. Also, I wanted a thick shortbread crust. It was beautiful! It would run alongside whatever summertime berries or bananas instead. Our side past times side thought is to brand a s'mores version alongside a graham cracker crust in addition to chocolate custard filling. YUM!

We used 1 of my favorite baking essentials, a Metal Pastry Ring, $14, to create the pretty fluted edge. They are thus piece of cake to bake inward a makes such a lovely presentation. The bottom comes out similar to a cheesecake pan, in addition to the side simply slides off creating a patisserie worthy effect. You tin abide by them inward my online store, hither >

Components (all recipes below):

Shortbread Crust

Pastry Cream

Fresh Raspberries

Strawberry Jam

Swiss Meringue

Supplies :

Metal Pastry Ring, $14

Disposable Pastry Bags, 100 for $14

Large Baking Sheet, $10

Parchment Paper, 100 for $10

Shortbread Crust

3/4 " softened butter

1/2 loving cup of sugar

1 3/4 cups of flour

1/4 tsp. salt

In a mixer, combine butter in addition to sugar, in addition to then add together flour in addition to salt. Mix until simply combined. Press into bottom in addition to sides of a metallic tart telephone (or mini disposable tart pans).

Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes until edges start to plough gold. Let cool

Pastry Cream Filling

5 egg yolks (save whites for meringue below)

3/4 cups of sugar

1/3 loving cup of cornstarch

1 1/2 cups of scalded milk*

1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

In the bowl of a mixer, crunch egg yolks in addition to saccharide for iv minutes, in addition to then add together cornstarch. *Pour milk into a drinking glass criterion loving cup in addition to rut inward the microwave for ii minutes until steaming. With the mixer on low, tardily pour inward the hot milk mixture a niggling at a time. Transfer the milk in addition to egg mixture to a saucepan in addition to create on depression rut for 5-7 minutes until the mixture thickens. It should hold upwards bubbly in addition to thick. When it thickens, role a whisk to mix in addition to create for ii to a greater extent than minutes land whisking. Stir inward the vanilla.

Pour it into the crust. Let chill in addition to and then overstep alongside berries. We also glazed the berries past times heating upwards strawberry jam in addition to brushing it on them. This is an optional stride in addition to gives the berries a overnice shine, but it made it a niggling every bit good sugariness inward my opinion. Next fourth dimension nosotros volition travel out the berries naked.

Swiss Meringue

5 egg whites
1 loving cup of sugar
1 pinch of cream of tarter

In the overstep bowl of a double boiler (glass bowl sitting on a sauce pan alongside simmering water), whisk together egg whites, saccharide in addition to cream of tarter. Cook mixture inward the double boiler over medium depression rut for 3-5 minutes, or until saccharide has dissolved. If y'all rub the mixture betwixt your fingers, y'all should hold upwards able to state if the saccharide has dissolved.

Transfer the mixture to your kitchen assist fitted alongside the whisk attachment. Whisk on high for 7-10 minutes. The mixture volition cool in addition to froth into a thick meringue every bit it whips.

Transfer into pipe bag. Cut the destination off - I similar to cutting it thus the opening is large, to larn these large pretty dollops. Pipe generous dollops. Toast alongside mini torch or position nether broiler inward the oven for 1-2 minutes.