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WhiteChocTart 53

White Chocolate Frangipane and Summer Berry Galette

Ingredients
  

  • Pastry
  • 250 g cake flour
  • 30 g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 170 g cold butter chopped
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 60 – 80ml ice cold water
  • To bake :
  • Egg wash
  • 1 tbsp demerera sugar
  • Frangipane
  • 70 g best quality white chocolate finely chopped
  • 70 g butter chopped
  • 150 g ground almonds
  • 55 g caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Filling
  • 250 ml crème fraiche
  • 25 g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Pinch of salt
  • 500 g berries and cherries of your choice

Instructions
 

  • Make the pastry by combining the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl
  • Add the butter and by using your finger tips, rub the butter into the dry ingredients to a coarse crumb
  • Add the vinegar and half the cold water and mix to combine
  • Add more water if needed and gently knead until the dough just comes together
  • Press to a rough rectangle shape, enclose with cling wrap and chill for 2 hours
  • Place the chocolate, butter, ground almonds and sugar in a bowl and rub with your fingertips to combine
  • Add the egg, flour and vanilla and stir to form a paste
  • On a lightly floured surface , roll the pastry to a 3mm thick large rectangle, trimming to form a clean edge
  • Place on a lined baking tray
  • Spread the white chocolate frangipane over the pastry leaving a 5cm border, then fold the edges to enclose the filling. Make sure the edges are raised as it needs to hold the crème fraiche topping as well
  • Brush the border with the egg wash and scatter with the sugar
  • Chill for 20 minutes and preheat the oven to 200 degrees C
  • Place the tart in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until golden and cooked through
  • Cool to room temperature
  • Combine the crème fraiche, sugar, lemon zest, vanilla, salt and mix
  • Spread over the tart and place the berries on top of the crème fraiche
  • Serve immediately