Brown Sugar Strawberry Tart

Photo: Kelly Garcia

Ingredients

1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1 cup flour

1 tablespoon corn starch

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1 teaspoon vanilla extract, divided

1/2 cup creme fraiche

1/2 cup whipping cream

12 ounces strawberries, hulled, and sliced

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, whirl flour, 2 TB sugar, the cornstarch, and salt until combined.

Add butter and 1/2 tsp vanilla and pulse until fine crumbs form and dough just begins to come together.

Press evenly into bottom and up sides of a 9 inch round tart pan with removable rim.

Bake until edges are golden, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool on a rack, them gently push tart crust from pan rim; set on a

Plate.

In a bowl with mixer on high speed, beat cream fraiche, cream remaining 2 TB sugar and remaining 1 /2 tsp vanilla

Until thick. spread in coo;ed crust. Arrange strawberries in circles on top, alternating cut sides down and up.

Make ahead: Chill, loosely covered, up to 4 hours

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About

Wow! We tried this last week and it was to die for!! The recipe is from April 2010, Sunset Magazine.
The crust crumbled and melted in your mouth. It was fantastic!
Couldn't get enough! We fought over the last piece and there was only 4 of us eating it! I Can't say enough!