Fruit Tarts

EPISODE 4 Fruit Tarts

Fruit tarts are at the heart of traditional French desserts. Learn the techniques of tart making, from the popular Lemon Tart to the traditional Amandine. This is your guide to the perfect tart.

Running time:  1hr 16mins

Fruit tarts sample video

Video transcription

I am going to garnish or fill the little tartlets made with Sweet Pastry or Pate a Foncer. As a rule Sweet Pastry that goes well with raw fruit, so you cook the pastry and the fruit together. I’ve put some almond cream in all the tarts in this tray and I am going to put a compote or apple puree and rhubarb compote in the other ones. To make Rhubarb compote it is a matter of chopping Rhubarb like this and for 1kg of rhubarb you add 200grams of sugar and cook until it thickens. Rhubarb renders a lot of water so you have to reduce it slowly until you get a paste like this and it is not very sweet, it has a nice little bite, its nice. I’ll start with the apricot.

Fruit tart recipes

In this instructional video you will learn to make the following:

• Making Sweet Pastry (5:13)
• Making Short Crust Pastry (6:01)
• Moulding Pastry Tins (16:12)
• Filling and Cooking Pastry (30:08)
• Almond Cream (4:51)
• Apple Compote (3:49)
• Crème Pâtissière (3:27)
• Lemon Cream (4:45)
• Final Presentation (1:04)

Fruit tart products made

• Shortcrust Pastry "Pâte à foncer"
• Sweet Pastry "Pâte Sucré"
• Stewed Apple "Compote de Pomme"
• Almond Cream "Crème D'Amande"
• Cream Patissiere "Crème Pâtissière"
• Lemon Cream
• Rhubarb Compote
• Apple Tart
• Apricot Tart
• Banana Tart
• Cherry Tart
• Fig Tart
• Grape Tart
• Honey Dew Melon Tart
• Kiwi Tart
• Peach Tart
• Pear Tart
• Pineapple Tart
• Plum Tart
• Raspberry Tart
• Rhubarb Tart
• Strawberry Tart
• Watermelon Tart
• Amandine
• Lemon Tart
• Petits Fours