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Custard fruit tart with kiwi, dragon fruit and mango arranged in a geometric puzzle pattern over cranberry jelly. A slice is cut from it. Cut mango and kiwi kept on the side as well as a chalkboard with " Sugar Spice" written on it.

The Best Custard Fruit Tart

Crispy buttery tart crust filled with creamy custard and topped with cranberry jelly and sliced up fruits, to complete your dinner perfectly.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 1 9" Tart

Ingredients
  

Tart Crust

  • 2 cup All purpose flour
  • ¼ cup Granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • ½ cup Butter Cut into small 1 inch cubes
  • 5 tbsp Cold water
  • 2 tbsp Heavy cream

Custard Filling

  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 7 g Unflavored Gelatin
  • 1 ¾ cup Heavy cream + 2 tbsp
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

Cranberry Jelly

  • 1 cup Cranberry Juice
  • 3.5 g Unflavored Gelatin

Instructions
 

Tart Crust

  • Preheat oven to 400 F (200C)
  • Add flour, sugar and salt into a large bowl. Whisk together till mixed.
  • Add the cold butter and cold water. Cut the butter into the flour. When its done, the butter should have been mixed in as small chunks and mixed well with the flour.
  • At this point, use your hands to mix the dough and knead until a smooth dough is formed.
  • Mold t.he dough into a disk and wrap it in plastic wrapper and keep it in the refrigerator for 30 min.
  • Then place the dough on a parchment paper.
  • Roll out the dough into ¼ inch thickness (as shown in the video) and move it to a 9 inch tart pan. Press the bottom and sides firmly to form an even tart shell.
  • Prick the tart crust with a fork. Then line the crust with parchment paper and top with pie weights (use uncooked rice, beans or chickpeas).
  • Bake for 15min. Remove from tart from the oven and carefully remove the weights as shown in the video.
  • Brush the edges of the tart with a mixture of heavy cream and turmeric.
  • Return the tart to oven and bake for another 10 min.
  • Let the crust cool completely before adding the filling

Custard Filling

  • Stir together the milk and gelatin, in a small bowl. Leave it aside.
  • In a saucepan, stir sugar and heavy cream together. Bring the mix to a full boil on medium heat. Keep an eye on the mix as heavy cream will rise up the pan and might spill over.
  • Now add in the gelatin – milk mix and stir continuously. Once dissolved, keep stirring for an additional 1 min, then remove from the heat.
  • Stir in the vanilla extract.
  • Pour it into a cooled tart shell.
  • Refrigerate for 1-2h till the filling has set.

Jelly Topping

  • Pour cranberry juice or any other fruit juice in a saucepan.
  • Add 3.5g of Gelatin. Stir continuously and bring it to a boil.
  • Cool slightly and pour it over the set custard layer.
  • Place tart in fridge for 2 h to set.
  • Remove the tart from the pan by gently pressing against the removable bottom.
  • Garnish with fruits.

Video

Keyword cranberry jelly, custard, custard fruit tart, fruit tart, panna cotta, pie
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