La Madeleine Almond Fruit Tart
A La Madeleine-style almond tart shell filled with vanilla pastry cream and topped with fresh fruit.
Ingredients
| 3/4 stick | unsalted butter, soft (almond tart dough) | |
| 1/3 cup | 80 ml | confectioners sugar |
| 1 | egg | |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.3 ml | salt |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5 ml | natural vanilla extract |
| 3/4 cups | 180 ml | all-purpose flour |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | finely crushed sliced almonds (or almond flour) |
| 1/8 cup | 30 ml | granulated sugar (filling) |
| 2 cups | 480 ml | milk |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | granulated sugar |
| 2-3 tbsp | 30–45 ml | cornstarch |
| 4 | egg yolks | |
| 1 tbsp | 15 ml | unsalted butter |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml | natural vanilla extract |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5 ml | amaretto (optional) |
| — | Topping: fruit (strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries) |
Instructions
Crust: Combine butter, sugar, egg, salt and vanilla. If not using almond flour, use a food processor or blender to finely crush your sliced almonds. Mix flour with your almond flour in another bowl, and add to the butter/egg mixture. Do not over-mix; stop when dough is well combined. The dough will be wet; wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight, or at least 2 hours before use (once chilled, the dough will be workable).
Place the dough on a well greased tart pan, prick the bottom of the shell. Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Filling: Mix 1/8 cup sugar to the milk in a sauce pan, bring to boil stirring occasionally. In separate mixing bowl, combine remaining sugar (1/4 cup) with cornstarch and egg yolks, mix well with a whisk. Once the milk is boiling pour some of the milk into egg mixture to temper, stirring constantly. Pour the egg mixture into the rest of the milk and return to the heat, stirring until the cream thickens and comes to a complete boil.
Remove from the heat, add the butter and vanilla. Pour the cream into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and cool to room temperature.
Spread the cream into tart shell and decorate with fruit. Enjoy your La Madeleine fruit tart!