Tuesday, May 11, 2010

TWD: Quick Classic Berry Tart

Dorie's description of this tart is spot-on. However, I'd add one more adjective to the list: forgiving. I did everything wrong when I was making this tart, but it still turned out great! Thank goodness...because it was Mother's Day dessert!
First, I made the crust, but when I dumped the crumbs into the tart pan, I realized I hadn't buttered it. So I dumped them back out, buttered the pan, then dumped them back in. After covering the crust with the buttered foil, I threw it into the oven. Yep...forgot to freeze it beforehand. I decided to go with it and see how it came out. It worked perfectly!
Then, I cooked my pastry cream too long. When I tried to give it a little whisk to loosen it up to pour into the shell the next day (after being refrigerated overnight), it looked like scrambled eggs. It was the consistency of scrambled eggs, too. Chet suggested that I dump it into the KitchenAid for a quick spin with the whisk attachment. We decided I couldn't make it worse than it was, so I turned my mixer on high and let it go for a bit. Still, it seemed like scrambled eggs. So I poured in some more half and half and mixed some more. Then more half and half, then more mixing. Finally, by the grace of God, it came together and looked like perfect pastry cream!
Kroger thinks an awful lot about their berries this time of year, so I just bought a pint of blueberries for the top. My tart doesn't look quite as lush as the one in the book, but it sure was tasty...especially considering all of the disasters I encountered along the way.
If nothing else, I learned this from Dorie's Quick Classic Forgiving Berry Tart: do not bake when in serious emotional distress. Bake a batch of boxed brownies, buy a quart of vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup, and make hot fudge sundaes instead. But if you're not having one of the worst days of your life, PLEASE make Dorie's tart! It's wonderful! (And forgiving.)

11 comments:

  1. Your tart looks beautiful! Thanks for baking with me!

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  2. It looks fantastic with all those blueberries on top! Glad it worked out for you:)

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  3. It looks delish! Hope today is better.

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  4. Now that I see blueberries on your tart I realise how small my minis actually were! Your tart looks amazing!

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  5. Sorry you had so much trouble. I'm glad it turned out for you in the end!

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  6. looks great, even if you had some crazy moments!

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  7. It was delicious, just like the rest of the lunch you fixed for me!

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  8. I'm sorry you were having such a terrible day. I'm glad the tart still tasted great! :)

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  9. i'm so sorry to hear about the flustered mistakes; but then again, that certainly look lovely. Love the spread of blueberries!

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  10. oh your tart looks plenty lush to me! yummy yummy. and on a side note, supercute 'about me' and picture. you look like a sweetheart.

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  11. Wow Erin ! Your tart LOOKS great ! I'm sure it was as good !!

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