One of my Christmas presents was a set of tart dishes, so I thought I would try my hand at making some tarts. Of course, I've never made tarts before, so this was a first. I looked up a recipe for making the tart pastry dough. It called for cake flour and all purpose flour. I had all purpose flour, but I needed to buy some cake flour. But as luck would have it, none of the local groceries had cake flour. The only thing I could find was Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Pastry Flour. So I bought it and used it. Maybe it was not the best choice. It was not milled as fine as I expected. But the tart shells came out looking pretty good for my first attempt. At a quarter of an inch thick, they were a little thicker than I would have liked them. Next time I'll make it closer to an eight inch thick.
Next I made a pastry cream, which came out very good. It had just a hint of sweetness that went well with the fruit which were sweeter. I filled each tart shell about halfway with the pastry cream. Then I covered it with Kiwi, Pineapple, Strawberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, and Blueberry. I made some fresh whipped cream to go with it. It was pretty good, but I will try to find some cake flour and try to do a better job on the tart pastry dough. See a picture of the tart above.
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That looks scrumptous. I do not like Hodgson Mills products because when I went up to Helen we passed by it and I bought corn meal, grills, etc., and all of it went bad. It did not have preservatives. This reminds me of the fruit pizza. I love those and have always wanted to make one.
ReplyDeleteThe tart shell wasn't my favorite, but the pastry cream, fruit and whipped cream was excellent.
ReplyDeleteThought of you when I found miniature loaf pans yesterday at half price. I bought 6 so that I could make hostess gifts for the holidays. If you could like some, I can go get you some.
ReplyDeleteThe tart looks great. I always buy Swan's Down Cake Flour. It comes is a red box with a white swan shilloute on the front. I hope you can find some.
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