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Ingredients

  • 1½ cups of flour
  • ½ cup of hazelnut flour (Hazelnut Estate)
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 125gm butter, cold, diced into small cubes
  • 2 large egg yolks, whisked with 3 tbsp ice water (Agreeable Nature)
  • 500gms strawberries, sliced (Janefield Hydroponics)
  • Good handful of basil leaves, roughly chopped larger leaves and keep the small ones as they are (Janefield Hydroponics)
  • ½ cup of lemon juice
  • ½ cup of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of good quality jam

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Strawberry Basil Free-form Tart

strawberry basil free form tart

Method

  • Make the crust mix the flours, salt and sugar together
  • Mix in the cubes of butter until it resembles breadcrumbs, then mix in the egg yolks
  • Don’t overwork it, just form a dough and press flat and wrap in cling film
  • Chill in the fridge for at least half an hour
  • Filling: Mix the remaining ingredients together (strawberry/basil/lemon etc
  • ) and let sit for a least an hour
  • Preheat the oven to 180degreesC
  • Roll out the dough
  • You can make one large tart or cut dough into 6 equal portions
  • Divide the strawberry mixture into portions, if making more than one, then add to the centre of the dough, with the jam
  • Fold the dough around the strawberries and add any leftover liquid to the centre of the tart
  • This is a rustic looking tart, so you don’t need to worry if the edges are not neat
  • Bake for 20-30 mins until the crust is golden