Description
A refined Rhubarb Cream Tart with smooth custard, tangy rhubarb, and light strawberry meringue topping.
Ingredients
- Fresh rhubarb
- Granulated sugar
- Egg yolks
- Heavy cream
- Vanilla extract
- Unsalted butter
- All-purpose flour
- Powdered sugar
- Egg whites
- Fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Prepare pâte sucrée dough by mixing butter, sugar, flour, and egg, then chill
- Roll out the dough and line a tart pan evenly
- Dock the crust, add parchment and weights, and blind bake until golden
- Cook chopped rhubarb with sugar until soft and thick
- Prepare pastry cream by heating cream and whisking with egg yolks and starch
- Cook the custard gently until thick, then cool slightly
- Fill baked tart shell with pastry cream
- Spread stewed rhubarb evenly on top of the cream
- Chill the tart until set
- Whip egg whites with sugar and strawberry puree to make meringue
- Spread strawberry meringue over the tart and serve chilled
Notes
- Chill dough properly before rolling
- Cook rhubarb until thick to avoid excess moisture
- Keep custard heat low and stir continuously
- Add meringue close to serving time for best texture
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg