Grapefruit Almond Tart.
Ingredients of Grapefruit Almond Tart
- Prepare of Tart Crust:.
- You need 120 grams of Cake flour.
- It’s 20 grams of Almond flour.
- Prepare 60 grams of Unsalted butter.
- It’s 40 grams of Sugar (I used white sugar).
- Prepare 1 of Egg yolk.
- It’s 1 dash of Vanilla extract.
- It’s of Creme D'amande (Almond Cream):.
- You need 50 grams of Unsalted butter (you can also substitute with margarine).
- You need 50 grams of Sugar.
- You need 1 of Egg.
- Prepare 50 grams of Almond flour.
- You need of Tart Topping:.
- It’s 150 grams of Heavy cream.
- It’s 15 grams of Sugar.
- You need 1 of Grapefruit.
- You need 1 of Pink grapefruit.
Grapefruit Almond Tart step by step
- Make the tart crust. Sift the cake flour and almond flour together. Bring the butter and egg to room temperature..
- Place the butter in a bowl, and mix well with a whisk to soften. Add the sugar and mix..
- Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract and mix together with a rubber spatula. Add the flour all at once, and mix together in a cutting motion..
- Bring the dough together into one piece, wrap in plastic wrap, and place in the fridge for 1 hour..
- Spread a thin layer of margarine (not listed in ingredients) onto the pie plate..
- Roll the dough out thinly with a rolling pin, poke holes in the dough with a fork, and lay it inside the pie plate. Slice off the excess dough with a knife..
- Wrap in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for about 1 hour..
- In the meantime, make the creme d'amande. Bring the butter and eggs to room temperature..
- Place the butter in a bowl, and mix with a whisk to soften. Add the sugar, and mix..
- Add the beaten egg in 3 stages, and when you are adding the last third of the egg, add the almond flour as well..
- Pour the creme d'amande into the pie plate, and bake in the oven at 180°C for 15 minutes..
- It will look something like this. Then allow it to cool. It's best if you leave it overnight..
- Remove the peel of the grapefruit, as well as the inner membranes..
- Add the sugar to the heavy cream, and whip until soft peaks form. Put in a piping fitted with a round tip, and pipe onto the tart..
- Alternately place the pink and yellow grapefruit segments onto the pie, and decorate the outside edge of the pie with whipped heavy cream..
- Done! It looks like this when cut..