Like lemon curd tart, strawberry curd tart is a refreshingly light dessert made with hung curd. Strawberry is kids’ favorite fruit and lends a beautiful pink colour to the dessert. It makes for a fantastic dessert with the crispy, flaky, buttery tart filled with sweet and creamy strawberry curd.
Ingredients
- All purpose flour – 1 cup
- Butter – 1/3 cup
- Salt – a pinch
- Powdered Sugar – 3 tsp
- Hung curd – 1 cup
- Paneer – 1/2 cup
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Strawberry Compote – 1/4 cup
Serves – 12- 15 mini tarts
The Process
Tart Shell
- Take all-purpose flour, salt, sugar in a bowl and mix well
- Add butter, cut into small cubes and rub it in the flour
- Knead the dough with the help of ice-cold water
- Rest the dough overnight in the fridge
- Roll into small circles and place the rolled dough in the tart shells
- Dock the rolled dough so that that tarts do not puff up
- Keep the moulds back in the fridge for 20 mins before baking
- Bake at 180 degrees for 15 mins
Strawberry curd filling
- Mix hung curd, powdered sugar, paneer and strawberry compote in a blender
- Keep this mixture in the refrigerator to cool
- Fill them in the tarts once they are cooled
- Keep the filled pastries back in the refrigerator till serving
