Grape Tart

Name: Grape Tart
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 larges egg yolks; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 pound sheets sheet frozen puff pastry (1/2 pound), thawed; 2 Tbsps red-currant jelly; 946 milliliters red and green grapes; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 237 milliliters whole milk

Grape Tart might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 186 calories, 4g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of egg yolks, vanilla, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 5 hours.

Instructions

Whisk together yolks and 1/2 of sugar, then whisk in flour and a pinch salt. Stir together milk and remaining sugar in a heavy saucepan and bring just to a boil over moderate heat.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Milk

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Whisk 1/2 of hot milk into yolks to temper and whisk yolks into milk remaining in pan. Bring custard to a boil over moderate heat and boil, whisking constantly, until very thick.

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Custard

Egg Yolk

Milk

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and butter until incorporated. Chill hot pastry cream in a bowl, its surface covered with a buttered round of wax paper, until cold, about 1 hour.

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Pastry Cream

Vanilla

Butter

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Wax Paper

Bowl

Preheat oven to 425°F while pastry cream chills.

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Pastry Cream

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Oven

Open puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface and roll out to a 14- by 12-inch rectangle. Quarter pastry to form 4 rectangles.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Roll

Brush 1/3 inch of edges lightly with water and fold in borders.

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Water

Brush off excess flour and press borders with back of a fork to seal.

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All Purpose Flour

Brush borders lightly with water and sprinkle with sugar. Prick insides of shells all over with fork.

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Pasta Shells

Sugar

Water

Bake on a large baking sheet in middle of oven until crust is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes, and transfer to a rack. Gently flatten puff pastry inside border to deflate, and cool completely.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Crust

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Halve and seed grapes if necessary. Melt jelly, stirring, and toss with grapes in a bowl.

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Grapes

Jelly

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Bowl

Spread pastry cream in shells with a spatula and top with grapes.

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Pastry Cream

Grapes

Pasta Shells

Spread

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Spatula

·Pastry cream may be made 1 day ahead and chilled.·Pastry shells can be baked 4 hours ahead, then cooled and kept, covered, at room temperature. If not making ahead, you'll want to bake pastry while cream is chilling.

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Pastry Shells