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Mango Tart Recipe


Mango Tart Recipe
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Adapted from Bill Granger This tart is an elegant way to use mangoes. The custard – bursting with vanilla flavours – is balanced by adding whipped crème fraiche and nicely enhances the vanilla hint of the mango. The pastry is quite difficult t... More

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Ingredients
  • 1 quantity of sweet shortcrust pastry (see below)
  • 250ml milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 25g butter
  • 125ml cream, lightly whipped
  • 1 big mango, peeled and sliced
  • for the sweet shortcrust pastry
  • 260g plain flour
  • 35g icing sugar
  • a pinch of salt
  • 180g unsalted butter

Directions
  1. On a lightly floured surface roll out the pastry. Lightly press the pastry into a 23cm tart tin and freeze for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Remove pastry shell from the freezer and line with baking paper. Fill with baking weights or rice and bake the shell for 10 minutes. Remove paper and weights. Bake for a further 10 minutes, until dry, golden and crisp. Leave to cool.
  3. Place milk in a saucepan over medium heat and heat until just before boiling point. Add vanilla. Remove from heat.
  4. Place egg yolks and sugar in a bowl and beat until thick. Add the cornstarch and hot milk and stir until smooth.
  5. Return mixture to a clean saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until thickened.
  6. Bring the custard to the boil, turn the heat down and cook for a further 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add butter, stirring to combine. Strain mixture into a bowl, lay plastic wrap on the surface and refrigerate until cold. Fold through cream.
  7. Remove tart shell from the tin and place on a serving platter. Pour in custard and arrange mango slices decoratively on top.
  8. Place the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and rub trough with fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
  9. Add 30ml of ice cold water and cut in with a knife until the dough comes together in a ball.
  10. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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