To illustrate this point, I am now posting a recipe for a simple
strawberry tart which I often make when strawberries are in season and plentiful
in my garden. I’m a bit embarrassed to even call this a recipe because all
that’s involved is rolling out the pastry, slicing some strawberries and
sprinkling them with a little sugar before baking in a preheated oven. However,
what you are rewarded with is so much more than the sum of its parts.
Cooked simply like this, the strawberries retain their essentially
strawberry qualities, without becoming jam-like – my approach when making this
tart, was based on the idea that if I wanted something with a jammy
consistency, I would have used strawberry jam.
Strawberries and cream is a marriage made in heaven, but rather than
serve this with pouring cream or lightly whipped cream, I like the luxurious
taste of clotted cream so that’s what I use here. Again, I recommend using
Glenilen Farm Clotted Cream…which is seriously yummy. I have used clotted cream
before but as a constituent ingredient in some of the cakes and shortbread that
I sometimes bake (see my posts on Lemon Clotted Cream Cake and Clotted Cream
Shortbread) but here it is used as a simple but delicious accompaniment to this
down-to-earth strawberry tart!
Ingredients:
350g puff-pastry500g strawberries, hulled and each cut into 3 or 4 slices
1tblsp caster sugar
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180C/Fan Oven 160C/Gas Mark 4. Line a large rectangular
baking tray with baking parchment and set aside.2. Roll out the puff pastry into a rectangle (approximately 30cms x 20cms and ½ cm thick) and place on the parchment lined baking tray. Prick the pastry all over with a fork.
3. Place the sliced strawberries on top of the pastry, slightly overlapping and leaving a 3cm border all around. Sprinkle the caster sugar, evenly over the strawberries and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until the pastry is well risen and golden brown and the strawberries have started to release their juices.
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