Strawberry-Rhubarb Tart
- 2 1/2 cups flour (more for rolling)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons cold butter, preferably high-fat, diced
- 2 large egg yolks
- 4 cups rhubarb in 1-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 pints strawberries, hulled and halved or quartered, depending on size
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons instant tapioca
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 egg white
- 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Creme fraiche for serving
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine flour and salt in food processor.
- Pulse to combine.
- Add cold butter, and pulse until pebbly.
- Beat egg yolks with 1/3 cup ice water.
- Open processor, and sprinkle yolk mixture over flour mixture.
- Pulse 10 to 12 times or until mixture begins to form dough.
- If necessary add a few more drops of water, and pulse again.
- Gather dough together, and set aside a third of it.
- Form the rest into a ball.
- Flatten, roll on floured board and place in 10-inch fluted tart pan.
- Line with parchment or foil, and weight with pastry weights.
- Bake until pastry looks dry, about 10 minutes.
- Remove paper and weights, and bake until lightly browned, about 20 minutes longer.
- Remove from oven.
- Mix rhubarb, strawberries, brown sugar, cinnamon, tapioca and melted butter in a bowl.
- Spoon into tart pan.
- Roll out remaining dough, and cut into strips 1 inch wide.
- Crisscross over fruit, tucking in ends where they meet pastry.
- Beat egg white with 1 tablespoon water until frothy; brush on strips, and dust with sugar.
- Bake about 40 minutes, until top has browned and filling is bubbly.
- Serve with creme fraiche.
flour, salt, cold butter, egg yolks, rhubarb, pints strawberries, light brown sugar, cinnamon, tapioca, butter, egg, sugar
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/8360 (may not work)