Roast Nectarine Tart
- 8 nectarines, halved, stone removed
- 14 cup orange juice
- 12 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 23 cups flour
- 23 cup icing sugar
- 125 g cold butter, chopped
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 12 tablespoons cold water, approximately (I did not use water since butter started melting and the dough was very very soft)
- 300 ml thickened cream
- 1 cup milk
- 12 cup caster sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 90 g unsalted butter
- Grease 19cm*27cm loose-based flan tin.
- make pastry.
- Pastry:.
- Blend or process flour, sugar and chopped butter until combined.Add egg yolk and enough of the water to make ingredients just come back together.
- Knead dough on floured surface until smooth.
- Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to moderate (180/160 fan-forced).
- Roll dough between sheets of baking paper until large enough to line prepared tin.
- Ease dough into prepared tin, press into sides;trim edges.
- Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Cover pastry case with baking paper, fill with dried beans or rice; place on oven tray.
- Bake, uncovered, 10minutes, remove paper and beans; bake, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until pastry case is browned lightly.
- cool.
- Make creme pattissiere while pastry is cooling.
- Creme pattissiere:.
- Combine cream, milk and sugar in medium saucepan.
- Split vanilla bean in half lengthways, scrape seeds into saucepan, then add pod; bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat;discard pod.
- Beat egg yolk in small bowl and mix until thick and creamy.beat in cornflour.
- gradually beat in hot creme mixture.
- strain mixture into same cleaned saucepan; stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
- Remove from heat; whisk in butter.
- Cover surface of custard with plastic wrap; cool to room temperature,.
- Increase oven temperature to hot(220C/200C fan-forced).
- Place nectarines in single layer in large shallow baking dish; sprinkle with juice and sugar.
- Roast, uncovered, about 20 minutes or until nectarines are soft; cool.
- Meanwhile, spoon creme pattisiere into pastry case, cover; refrigerate about 30 minutes or until firm.
- Top with nectarines.
nectarines, orange juice, brown sugar, flour, icing sugar, cold butter, egg yolk, cold water, cream, milk, caster sugar, vanilla bean, egg yolks, cornflour, butter
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/roast-nectarine-tart-271617 (may not work)