Easy Strawberry Tart

  • Easy Strawberry Tart

    Oh my gosh- this dessert is for you if you’re exceptionally lazy and couldn’t be bothered to do pretty much anything other than eat it with relish.  (With abandon, not with the green condiment.  Duh.)

    Here’s the deal, you tart-loving sloth: buy puff pastry, and thaw it.  Cut out a rectangle, and place strawberries (that up until this point have been swimming in their own juices because you had the foresight to sprinkle sugar over their little red bodies) over top.  Bake.  Then eat.  Sharing optional, although not really recommended.

    1 cup sliced strawberries

    2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons sugar

    Pinch of salt

    1/3 or 1/2 of puff pastry sheet, thawed in refrigerator so still very cold

    1 large egg, beaten to create egg wash

    1. Preheat oven to 425º and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    2. In a medium bowl, sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar and salt over strawberries and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
    3. Unfold 1 sheet of puff pastry and cut in half or into thirds (depending on how large you want your tart to be).  Place one rectangle onto parchment-lined sheet.  Brush egg around edges of tart and sprinkle 2 teaspoons sugar over top.
    4. Place drained strawberries onto top of puff pastry rectangle, making sure to leave a little border near the edges for the pastry to have room to puff.  Bake for 20 minutes (or until edges are puffed and golden brown).  Allow to cool slightly before serving.

    Tips:

    • Want more flavor?  Sprinkle cinnamon in with sugar in step 2, and maybe some lemon zest if you’re zany.  For a different direction add chopped basil (but not with the cinnamon).
    • The puffy border.  Make sure you don’t cram the berries all over the tart up to the edges, or you’ll be disappointed by the lack of puff.  The puff needs uninhibited room to do its thing. :)
    • You might as well make more than one tart at a time.  The recipe asks for you to use 1/2 or 1/3 of a sheet, but let’s be real- if you’ve gone to the trouble of thawing a puff pastry sheet, you might as well make two or three tarts.  They’re so light and easy!  Just use more strawberries.
    • The berries will leak… so be prepared for some crispy bits of baked berry goo around the edge of the tart.
    • Enjoy!

     

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