Strawberry Tart - Danish Style
Servings: 10
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A Strawberry Tart combining, shortcake, marzipan, custard cream, chocolate & strawberries
Ingredients
- Shortcake Base - 150g Plain Flour 100g Butter soft 50g Caster Sugar 1/2 Egg
- Filling 100g Butter soft 100g Caster Sugar 100g Marzipan, grated
- 1/2 Egg
- Chocolate Layer 100g Plain Chocolate
- Cream Layer 200ml Duble Cream 100ml Custard
- 500 g Strawberries Drizzle Maple syrup Optional
Instructions
- Shortcake Base - Mix all the ingredients together and pull into a dough Refrigerate for 1 hour
- Filling -Cream the butter and the sugars until pale and fluffy, add the grated marzipan and 1/2 the egg, mix
- Preheat the oven to 200c/400F/Gas6
- Remove the dough from the fridge and roll to fit the base, you can use your fingers too if you prefer
- On top of the base spread the marzipan, sugar and butter mix
- Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes
- Once baked remove and leave to cool in the tin - remove from tin
- Melt the chocolate in a small bowl over a pan of hot water and spread on the cold base
- Cream Whisk the double cream until thick and firm, stir through the custard
- Place the custard cream onto of the chocolate
- Finally decorate with the strawberries and drizzle with maple syrup if you like
- Chill until required, remove from the tin and serve