Summer Blueberry Tart (Tarte Aux Myrtilles D'โTโ)
2 tb Sugar 1/2 c Butter; chilled -- cut into small pieces 1 Egg yolk 1 tb...
Ingredients
- 2tb sugar
- 1/2c butter; chilled
- 1tb fresh lemon juice
- 1tb -cold water, more if needed
- 2tb -water
- 1/3c sugar
- 1tb cornstarch; dissolved in:
- 2ts -water
Directions
- 1
PATE BRISEE-------------------------------- 1 1/2 c Unbleached white flour 2 tb Sugar 1/2 c Butter
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chilled -- cut into small pieces 1 Egg yolk 1 tb Fresh lemon juice 1 tb -Cold water, more if needed ----------------------------------FILLIN
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dissolved in: 2 ts -Water ----------------------------------OPTIONAL---------------------------------- 1/2 pt Heavy cream
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whipped FOR THE PATE BRISEE, stir the flour and sugar together in a mixing bowl
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Cut the chilled butter into small pieces and drop into the flour
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With your fingers, lightly and quickly rub the butter and flour together until the mixture becomes crumbly, or cut it in with a knife or pas
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Whisk together the egg yolk, lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon of water
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Sprinkle the liquid over the butter-flour mixture and continue to stir or rub this mixture between your fingers until a ball of dough forms
