Mixed Berry Tart

I made this wonderful mixed berry tart for my Granddad's Birthday, as a surprise. My Granddad loves French food, he always tells the storey of when he meet Granny and took her to a fancy French restaurant for their first date...how cute.


This recipe is from a old French cooking book my Mum had in the back of her cupboard, which was one of her Grandma's. It has a lovely mix of cream fraiche, curd cheese and almond paste. You can choose any type of fruit for this recipe, pears work really well too.


This tart is super tasty and practical because you can make it complete with pastry and filling and freeze uncooked, so when you have friends turn up unexpectedly it is easy to pull out of the freezer and cook. 

Mixed Berry Tart

1 sheet of shortcrust pastry

110g almond paste

3 eggs

200ml curd cheese

100ml creme fraiche

90g caster sugar

160g mixed berries

sprinkle of slivered almonds

Preheat oven to 175 degrees

Line a free form tart tin then place pastry in tin

Grate the almond paste into a bowl and mix in all other ingredients

Pour into the tart tin then spread berries onto mixture 

Sprinkle the slivered almonds

Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until golden and mixture has set or freeze uncooked and bake on another occasion

Bon appétit! 

Berry Yogurt Crumble Cake

 

So it is berry season again and what a lovely time of year, the air is refreshingly cooler.

We have a great fruit barn were you can buy all local fruit and veggies, so I bought some gorgeous strawberries and raspberries. My cousin Mandy just arrived from the UK and my mum was holding a family BBQ, it was a perfect time to try my new recipe.

My brother cooked the BBQ it was really good, so much food. Later we all enjoyed a cup of tea and a piece of cake - with a dollop of cream of course. We all sat outside enjoying the afternoon sun, everybody loved the cake! Defiantly one to put with my favorites.

Berry Yogurt Crumble Cake

1 1/2 cups of self raising flour

2/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup almond meal

100g melted butter

2 eggs at room temp

1 cup thick vanilla yogurt

1 cup of berries

Crumble

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup plain flour

60g butter

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.

Line a springform round cake tin.

Meanwhile make crumble by combining the sugar and flour with your fingertips rub the flour mixture and butter into a crumble set aside.

In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar and almond meal. Make a well whisk melted butter, eggs and yogurt pour into well and stir until all ingredients are combined. Gentle fold the berries into the mixture.

Pour mixture into lined tin and sprinkle crumble evenly on top.

Bake for 55-60 min or until cooked.

Finish by dusting with icing sugar and fresh berries.

Hope you enjoy!