1smalljar of apple jelly or red currant jellymelted in microwave
Instructions
Crust:
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Place cold butter in a food processor. Pulse in egg, sugar, flour, salt, and vanilla until it comes together to form a soft
dough. Place dough in a 9-inch tart pan covering the bottom and sides. Fill the dough with dried beans to keep the dough from puffing up during baking. Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until the dough is light brown. For the last 5
minutes, remove the beans. The beans can be saved for future use.
Almond Pastry Cream:
In a small saucepan, warm the milk over low heat until it is just hot enough to steam. While milk is warming, whisk
together the egg yolks, sugar, flour, and cornstarch until the mixture is completely smooth.
Once the milk is steaming, add half of it to the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Add the milk and eggs back into the hot milk, continue stirring, and heat it for 1-2 minutes, until the custard reaches 170° F on a digital thermometer and is very thick. Remove from the heat, stir in the almond extract, and chill the pastry cream completely before
filling the dough.
When the filling is cool, fill the tart shell.
Fruit:
Arrange fresh fruit on top of tart. Brush the fresh fruit with the melted jelly for a nice shine.
Notes
This recipe is from Marion’s Pie Shop at 2022 Main Street in Chatham and it also appeared in the 2013 August issue of Cape Cod LIFE.