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Fresh Fruit Tart Recipe

This authentic French fruit tart recipe layers vanilla pastry cream and fresh fruit over a sweet homemade crust. You can even make the crust and pastry cream 2-3 days ahead of time and assemble them the day you are serving for the prettiest presentation.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 8 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French

Ingredients

  • 1 Sweet Tart Dough Recipe Pate Sucre
  • 1 Pastry Cream Recipe
  • 4 cups fresh fruit or berries strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, clementine segments, etc
  • 1/3 cup Apricot Preserves with 1 Tbsp water

Instructions

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  1. Make Pastry Cream Recipe first since it needs time to set. Place a sheet of plastic wrap directly over the surface and cool the cream to room temperature then refrigerate for 2 hours to set. You can make the cream a few days ahead.
  2. Make the Tart Crust Recipe in a 10 to 11-inch round tart pan. Once baked, remove from the oven and transfer the pan to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature then carefully release the tart from the pan. You can leave the bottom of the pan on if you prefer.
  3. Set the tart pan over your serving platter (it will be hard to transfer once the crust is filled). Spread the pastry cream evenly into the tart pan.
  4. Arrange your fruit to your preference. You can either arrange fruit in rings or scatter it randomly over the top.
  5. Make the Glaze: In a heat-safe bowl, combine apricot preserves and 1 Tbsp water and microwave for 30 seconds just enough to soften and loosen up the preserves. If preserves have a lot of fruit pieces, you can strain those out. Use a pastry brush to brush preserves over the fruit, applying an even coating over all the fruit.