Thermomix Strawberry Tart with Lemon Custard: Spring Enchantment Cake

Thermomix Strawberry Tart with Lemon Custard

A cake to celebrate the very close Mother's Day? Here it is a Strawberry Tart with Lemon Custard to wish all the mothers a happy day! A special wish goes to those who are becoming mum or who would like to be a mum but she is not yet!

For me it is a more important day because last year I discovered I was going to have another baby!

Many years ago I created this tart for my mother to celebrate her Mother's day in a special way. I got inspired simply by those fantastic tarts I used to see in confectioneries and by those mini cakes with a shortcrust pastry base, a custard filling and a strawberry on top of each.

I called it "Spring Enchantment"...at that time I used to give the cakes I was preparing a name...

Obviously I usually prepared it in spring when strawberries are still seasonal. It does not seem good for breakfast. My husband says it is perfect eaten after luch. But I must say I'm always happy to wake up in the morning and have this cake for breakfast...!

If you're looking for other tarts recipes I suggest these ones: the Jam Tart, the Sweet Ricotta Cheese and Custard Tart with Chocolate.

If you are gluten intolerant, you can replace the custard recipe I wrote here with the other Gluten-Free one.

Have a good Mother's Day!


You need



Ingredients


For the Shortcrust Pastry
- 2 egg yolks
- 100 g sugar
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 200 g 0 flour

For the lemon custard
- 1 lemon (zest)
- 50 g sugar
- 250 g whole milk
- 1 egg
- 25 g 0 flour

For the decoration
- about 10 Strawberries, it depends on your taste, on their size and on how you cut them!


Lets cook!

Prepare the shortcrust pastry.

Put 2 egg yolks, 100 g sugar, 100 g unsalted butter, 200 g 0 flour the mixing bowl and mix 3 Min. Dough Mode.

Shape into a ball, wrap with a cling film and keep refrigerated for 30 Min.

In the meantime, wash the mixing bowl and prepare the lemon custard.

Put in the mixing bowl the lemon zest and 50 g sugar and mix. 10 Sec. Turbo Speed.

Add 250 g whole milk, 1 egg, 25 g 0 flour and cook 7 Min. 90C Speed 4.

Let it get cold.

Put the pastry already stretched in a baking mold (25-28 cm diameter), puncture the bottom of the pastry with a fork and put the sheet of baking paper on top.

Place pastry weights or dried legumes or coarse salt on the surface.

Bake in a hot oven for 180C for 20 Min.

Let the pastry get cold and then pour the cold custard in it and dress with strawberries. Use your fantasy. You can place them shaping in a flower pattern or a spiral one.

Keep refrigerated to make it well cold and then serve it.

You can also cover it with food gelatine.


Tips

Of course you can prepare this cake with other kind of fruit. I depends on the season...


Translated from the Italian recipe
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