On Sunday evening my "baby sis" returned from a month Au Pairing in France, so to mark her return home I decided to make a mouthwatering delicious Strawberry & Forest Fruits Tart with an Italian touch of my favourite Crema Pasticcera filling... no leftovers here! Ingredients: (Serves Eight to Ten) Pastry 180g Plain Flour 100g Cold Butter, diced 1 tbsp Icing Sugar 1 egg yolk 1 tbsp Cold Water Crema Pasticcera (Italian Custard Cream) 500ml Whole Milk 80g Plain Flour 150g Caster Sugar 1 Vanilla Pod 4 Egg Yolks Zest of 1 lemon, cut in large pieces with a knife Topping Strawberries Blackberries Blueberries Raspberries Red Currents 1 tbsp of Marmalade/Jam of your choice 1 tsp boiling water To make the Pastry put the flour, butter, icing sugar, egg yolk and water into a food processor and pulse until the mixture starts to bind - do not overwork the pastry! Put the pastry onto a lightly floured surface, gather until smooth then rol...
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