Redcurrant meringue tart
A shortcrust tart filled with redcurrants and hazelnut meringue, finished with flaked almonds.
Active time1 h
Cooking1 h 30 min
Total4 h 30 min
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Ingredients
- 155 g unsalted butter
- 7 eggs
- 50 g flaked almonds
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 250 g plain flour
- 100 g cornflour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 100 g roasted ground hazelnuts
- 380 g granulated sugar
- 2 packets of Bourbon vanilla sugar
- 1000 g redcurrants
Preparation
Let the butter soften. Wash, drain and strip the redcurrants from their stems. Separate the eggs and keep all whites for the filling. Mix the flour and baking powder. Add 80 g sugar, 1 packet vanilla sugar, 150 g softened butter and 3 prepared yolks. Knead briefly until smooth.
155 g unsalted butter7 eggs250 g plain flour½ tsp baking powder380 g granulated sugar2 packets of Bourbon vanilla sugar1000 g redcurrants- colander
- mixing bowls
- spatula
Grease a 28 cm springform tin with 5 g butter. Heat the conventional oven to 200 °C. Press slightly more than half the pastry over the base and prick with a fork. Bake for about 10 minutes, then cool the base in the tin. Reduce the oven to 170 °C. Shape the remaining pastry into a rim about 3 cm high.
- springform tin
- oven
- fork
Whip the prepared whites until almost stiff. Gradually beat in 300 g sugar until stiff and glossy. Gently fold in the hazelnuts, cornflour, 1 packet vanilla sugar, cinnamon and prepared redcurrants. Spread over the base and sprinkle with flaked almonds.
50 g flaked almonds1 tsp ground cinnamon100 g cornflour100 g roasted ground hazelnuts- large mixing bowl
- electric mixer
- spatula
Bake in the lower third of the oven for about 70 minutes. Switch off the oven and leave the tart inside for another 15 minutes. Loosen the ring and cool completely on a rack before unmoulding.
- oven
- wire rack
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
- Tree nuts
Sources and credits
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