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Fig and Almond Tart

Such a delicious dessert to please just about anyone

Course Dessert

Ingredients

For the Crust

  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp Heavy cream my sister used 1 tbsp greek yogurt instead
  • 6 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup butter

For the filling

  • 3/4 cup Half and Half My sister used 3/4 cup whole milk instead
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla I used 1.5 tsp vanilla paste
  • 1 3/4 cups Ground almonds in vitamix blender/or food processor chunky like
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 12-18 figs

Instructions

For the crust

  1. Whisk the yolk and the cream in a bowl

    Mix the flour, sugar and salt in a mixer, add butter-don't over mix

    Add the cream mixture and mix till dough comes together- refrigerate for 15 minutes

    Grease and flour a 10 inch pan- roll out the dough and press into pan- chill pan for atleast 30 minutes

For the Pastry cream

  1. Bring Half and half to a simmer in a small sauce pan

    In a small bowl whisk 1/4 cup sugar, 1 egg and flour together

    Slowly temper the egg mixture with the simmered half and half-meaning add a bit of warm half and half a little at a time- about 3 times, then return mixture to heat and mix till it thickens and comes to a boil- about 3-5 mins-transfer back to small bowl and stir in the vanilla- set bowl to cool on an ice bath or in the freezer

    Add in butter and remaining 1/3 cup of the sugar to the mixer and beat until smooth and pale like. Mix in remaining 2 eggs on at a time. Gradually beat in the almonds and 2/3 cup sugar

    Beat in the cooled pastry cream

    Chill and cover for at least 4 hours or overnight-my sister managed to do it for only 2 hours

    Preheat oven to 375F

    Spread the filling over the crust and arrange the 1/2 cut figs ina circular design on top of the filling. I pushed them in a bit.

    Bake for an hour or until center is golden and set-meaning not much giggle. I made the mistake of using a deep dish-so it took forever and I had to lower the oven and foil the top to not brown too much.