Puff Pastry Strawberry Lemon Tart Recipe

Puff Pastry Strawberry Lemon Tart

From dariana 16 years ago

Starwberries compliment the lemon curd filling and makes this a "to die for" dessert! This requires 2-3 hours chilling time before serving.

Pastry Ingredients: shopping list
1/2 (17 1/4-ounce) package (1 sheet) frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed shopping list
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten shopping list
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Filling Ingredients: shopping list
2/3 cup sugar shopping list
1/2 cup butter shopping list
1/4 cup lemon juice shopping list
3 egg yolks shopping list
1 tablespoon cornstarch shopping list
1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon peel shopping list
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Garnish Ingredients: shopping list
1 pint strawberries, hulled, cut in half shopping list
heavy whipping cream, whipped, sweetened shopping list

Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface into 14x9-inch rectangle. Cut out 8-inch circle from dough. Cut 6 circles with 2-inch round cookie cutter from remaining dough. Cut 2-inch circles in half.
Sprinkle ungreased baking sheet with cold water; place 8-inch circle onto baking sheet. Brush pastry with beaten egg yolk; prick dough with fork. Place half-circles around outside edge of pastry. Brush with remaining egg yolk. Refrigerate 15 minutes.
Heat oven to 425°F. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely.
Combine all filling ingredients in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil (5 to 6 minutes). Boil 1 minute. Cover surface with plastic food wrap; cool to room temperature. Pour filling into pastry; refrigerate until firm (2 to 3 hours).
To serve, arrange strawberries on top of filling and garnish with sweetened whipped cream.

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sunny ate it and said...
Love using puff pastry, look forward to trying this.
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dariana 16 years ago
zereh, enjoy!
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zereh 16 years ago
Two of my favorites ~ lemon and strawberries! Can't wait to try this one.
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Love using puff pastry, look forward to trying this.

sunny in Portland loved it

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