Rhubarb & Almond Frangipane tart
With Mother's Day around the corner, what better way to show your appreciation than home baking a delicious recipe. Our Executive Pastry Chef, Daniel Pearse, has put together a perfect and easy to follow, seasonal rhubarb tart recipe for you to bake at home this Mother's Day!
Sweet pastry:
Ingredients:
160g Unsalted butter
90g Icing sugar (sieved)
322g Plain flour
1g Salt
28g Cream
45g Yolks
Method:
- Cut the butter into small cubes.
- Mix the butter with the flour, salt, and sieved icing sugar in a kitchenaid with the paddle attachment until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Mix the cream and yolks together, then add them to the dry ingredients.
- Continue mixing on medium speed until the dough forms.
- Pour the dough onto a clean surface and use the palm of your hand to bind it together.
- Wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to the thickness of a two-pound coin.
- Gently lay the rolled-out dough into an 8-inch loose bottom tart tin, ensuring it sits flat against the side of the tin.
- Rest the tart in the fridge for a further 15 minutes.
- Blind bake the tart at 180°C using baking beans for 15 minutes.
Almond Frangipane:
Ingredients:
125g Unsalted butter
125g Caster sugar
125g Ground almonds
33g Plain flour
2# Eggs
1# Vanilla pod
Method:
- Combine the butter, sugar, and vanilla until pale and fluffy using a kitchenaid mixer with a paddle attachment.
- Add the plain flour and ground almonds to the softened butter mixture and continue mixing until well combined.
- Finally, add the egg and mix until the batter reaches a soft consistency.
- Transfer the frangipane mixture into a piping bag.
- Pipe the frangipane evenly into the prepared tart case, spreading it out to fill the tart shell completely.
Rhubarb
6# sticks of forced Yorkshire rhubarb
Method
- Wash and dry the rhubarb thoroughly.
- Cut the rhubarb into small diamond shapes.
- Arrange the rhubarb pieces on top of the almond frangipane in the tart shell.
- Preheat the oven to 175°C.
- Bake the tart in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.
- Remove the tart from the oven and let it cool completely.
- Carefully take the tart out of the tart ring before serving.