Puff Pastry Strawberry Tarts are a simple summer dessert. Made with ready-made puff pastry, creamy custard, strawberries, and a glossy strawberry glaze.
5 from 10 votes
Prep Time 30 minutesmins
Cook Time 20 minutesmins
Total Time 50 minutesmins
Course Baking, Dessert
Cuisine British, Scottish
Servings 8
Calories 273kcal
Ingredients
1sheet ready rolled puff pastry
8largestrawberriesplus extra for garnish
2tablespoonstrawberry jam
1egg white
2teaspooncaster sugar
For the Creme Patisserie
1tablespooncaster sugar
2egg yolks
50gramscaster sugar
15gramscornflour
175gramsmilk
1teaspoonvanilla extract
15gramsbutter
Instructions
Using a large pastry cutter, cut out 8 circles of puff pastry. Using a small cutter, mark the centre (do not cut all the way through).
Place the circles on a non-stick tray lightly dusted with flour or on a piece of baking parchment on a baking tray. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Carefully cut the centre circle out of the baked pastry circles and remove the centre of the shell.
Make the creme patisserie: Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until it becomes pale and fluffy, add the cornflour and mix thoroughly.
Heat the milk in a pan until nearly boiling, pour slowly over the egg mixture beating all the time, return the mixture to the pan and add the vanilla extract.
Heat gently until it comes to the boil, continue to cook for 2 minutes until it has thickened, add a knob of butter to add a little gloss to the sauce
Pour into a bowl, if you have any lumps, you can sieve it into the bowl.
Cover with cling film and chill.
To assemble
Sieve the jam to make a smooth glaze.
Put a teaspoon of jam in the bottom of each of the cases.
Add 3 tsp of creme patisserie into the case
Place a large strawberry on top of the creme patisserie. Spoon over more strawberry glaze.
Slice a strawberry into a fan to garnish (optional)