Peach Custard Tart Recipes

PEACH CUSTARD TART

Steps:

• Place the flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse a few times to combine.
• Add the cubed butter, and pulse 8 to 12 times, until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• In a measuring cup, whisk together the egg yolks, extracts and water. Add to the food processor, and pulse just until the mixture starts forming large clumps. Take a small portion out of the bowl, and squeeze it. If the clump holds together, it's done. If it falls apart, add another teaspoonful of water and pulse a few times, and repeat the squeeze test. If it still doesn't hold together, add a third teaspoonful of water and repeat.
• Once the dough holds together when squeezed, transfer it from the bowl to a sheet of plastic wrap. Form the dough into a 6-inch round, flatten, and wrap in the plastic. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight.
• Take the dough disk out of the refrigerator. If it was chilled overnight, let it sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before continuing.
• Place the dough between two pieces of waxed paper, parchment paper, or plastic wrap at least 14 inches wide. Roll it into an 11-inch round, rotating it (and the paper) clockwise slightly after each roll to create an even round. Roll from the center outward and to lift the rolling pin at the edge to avoid smashing the edge into the paper, which will make removing the paper or plastic difficult.
• As you roll, the paper or plastic wrap will get wrinkled into the dough. When this happens, peel it off, smooth out the wrinkles and lay it back on the dough. Flip the dough over and repeat, if necessary, with the top piece. Continue to roll, flipping and smoothing wrinkles as necessary, until the dough is 11 inches across and between ⅛ and ¼ inch thick. If the dough is soft and sticky, transfer it to a baking sheet and chill it for 30 minutes. Peel off the top piece of paper or plastic. Leave the bottom piece attached. Lift the dough by the exposed paper or plastic and flip it over and center it over the tart pan as best you can, then remove the paper or plastic.
• Ease the dough across the bottom of the pan and up the sides, pressing it into the corners of the pan with your fingertips. If the dough breaks or cracks, just press it together again. Once the dough is even in the pan, fold the excess dough at the edge inward to create a double layer of dough along the wall. Press firmly with your thumbs to fuse the two layers of dough, then roll your thumb over the rim of the pan to remove any excess dough there. Save the excess dough in case a crack forms in the crust during baking. Refrigerate for 1 hour or freeze for 30 minutes before baking.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F and position a rack in the bottom third. Lightly prick the shell all over with the tines of a fork. Line the shell with heavy-duty foil, pressing the foil firmly and smoothly into the crevices of the pan. Fill the pan with pie weights or dried black beans. Make sure the weights reach up the sides to the rim of the pan (the center does not need to be filled quite as full). Bake the shell for 20 to 22 minutes, until the foil comes away from the dough easily (if it doesn"t, bake another 5 to 6 minutes and check again). Remove the pan from the oven (hold the pan by the sides and not the bottom), and lift out the foil and weights from the shell; set them aside to cool.
• Return the pan to the oven to continue baking the shell for about 10 minutes, then remove the pan from the oven, and check to see if any cracks have formed. If you see a crack, very gently smear a tiny bit of reserved dough over the crack to patch it. Return the pan to the oven and bake 10 to 15 minutes longer, until the crust is a nice golden brown all over. Transfer to a rack and cool completely.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Arrange the peach slices, overlapping, in circles in the cooled tart shell. You may not need all of the slices.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg with the 1/4 cup of sugar until thick and pale. Beat in the flour, then the cream, almond extract and salt. Pour over the peach slices.
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until the custard is set. Remove the pan to a wire rack to cool to just warm to the touch or completely to room temperature. Just before serving, dust with powdered sugar.

PEACH CUSTARD TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the crust: Pulse the flour, almonds, sugar and salt in a food processor until the nuts are finely ground. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture looks like coarse meal. Add the ice water and pulse until the dough starts coming together.
• Turn the dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap, pat into a disk and wrap in the plastic. Refrigerate until cold but still malleable, about 15 minutes.
• In the meantime, make your curd filling: Combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan and whisk to combine. Stir in the peach nectar, egg yolks and lemon juice. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until the filling thickens and coats the back of a spoon; this will take 5 to 7 minutes after it comes to a simmer.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the butter, a tablespoon at a time. Strain the filling into a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish. Cover with a sheet of plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming and chill completely, about 1 hour.
• While your filling is chilling, lightly spray four 5-inch tart pans with removable bottoms with nonstick cooking spray. Divide your chilled tart dough into 4 pieces, then press into the bottom and up the sides of each prepared pan. Freeze until firm, about 10 minutes. Use a paring knife to trim any excess dough.
• Place the tart shells on a baking sheet, line each shell with parchment and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until golden around the edges, about 20 minutes. Remove the parchment and weights and continue baking until the crusts are golden brown all over, 5 to 10 more minutes. Let cool completely.
• Divide the chilled curd/custard among the tart shells. Put back into the refrigerator while you make the meringue.
• In the meantime, make your meringue: Add the sugar and water to a saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil, then once at a boil, cook for 4 minutes.
• While your sugar is cooking, put your egg whites, cream of tartar and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and beat on low speed. When the sugar mixture on the stovetop comes to a boil, turn the mixer to high speed.
• When the sugar syrup is ready, turn the mixer to medium-low speed. Pour the syrup in a steady stream in between the side of the bowl and the whisk attachment while the mixer is running. Turn the mixer to high and beat for 2 full minutes. Transfer the meringue to a pastry bag fitted with desired tip.
• Pipe decorative designs with the meringue on the tarts. Use a pastry torch to brown. Garnish with basil leaves and serve.

SUMMER PEACH CUSTARD TART

Steps:

• Mix together the graham crumbs, melted butter and sugar well and press into the bottom and sides of an 11 inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Bake for 7 minutes at 350 degrees F.
• Whisk together the sour cream, sugar, vanilla extract and egg until the sugar is dissolved. Pour this into the baked shell.
• Thickly slice the peaches into wedges.
• You want to slice the peaches thick so that they stick out of the cream filling. Add only enough of the slices to bring the custard to the top of the pan.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes at 325 degrees F, until the center is set and jiggly. Cool completely in the fridge before cutting and serving.

PEACH CUSTARD TART

Steps:

• Remove tart shells cases from the package.
• Drain peaches, reserve juice and slice 12 peaches in half lengthwise and reserve remaining peaches for another use.
• Place tart shells on a tray.
• Place custard and reserved juice in a small heavy based saucepan and cook and stir over a moderately low heat until heated.
• Mix cornflour with 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl and stir into custard and cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture boils and thickens.
• Transfer to a heatproof jug and cover surface directly with baking paper (prevents custard forming skin) and then chill, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes (custard will thicken on cooling).
• Spoon cooled custard into tart shells cases and arrange 2 peach slices on top of custard and chill for 30 minutes.
• Carefully brush tart tops with jam and then chill for 5 minutes and then serve.

PEACH-CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make the crust: Roll out pate brisee to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate, and trim crust to a 1-inch overhang using kitchen shears. Fold edges under, and press to seal using the tines of a fork. Prick bottom of pie all over with fork. Freeze for 15 minutes.
• Line crust with parchment, leaving an overhang on all sides. Fill completely with dried beans or rice. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven; remove beans and parchment. Bake crust until bottom is lightly golden, about 11 minutes more. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, make the filling: Bring a pot of water to a boil. Prepare an ice-water bath. Cut a small X into the bottom of each peach. Boil for 1 minute; transfer to ice-water bath. Let cool slightly. Peel and pit peaches. Halve 7 of the 8 halves to form wedges.
• Whisk together eggs, sugar, butter, flour, and salt. Pour filling into pie crust. Place peach half in center, cut side down, and surround with wedges.
• Bake for 45 minutes. (Tent crust with a foil ring after 15 minutes.) Transfer to a wire rack; let cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.