Pastries Recipes - Golden Passion Fruit Tart Recipe

Ingredients

SERVES 8

• 8 large passion fruit

• 225g/8oz plain flour

• 50g/2oz icing sugar

• Grated zest of 1 orange

• 150g/5oz butter (diced)

• 5 large eggs

• 150g/5oz caster sugar

• 200ml/7fl oz double cream

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Method:

1. Halve the passion fruit, scoop out the flesh and put to one side.

2. To make the pastry, put the flour, icing sugar and the orange zest in a blender or food processor with the butter. Blend until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.

3. Lightly beat 1 egg and add all but 1 tablespoon to the pastry mixture. Pulse until the mixture comes together in a ball. Wrap in Clingfilm. Chill for 30 minutes.

4. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas mark 6. Put the shell on a baking tray, prick the base with a fork and line with aluminum foil. Fill with baking beans and bake blind for 10 minutes.

5. Remove foil and beans and cook for a further 2 minutes. Wipe out the blender, add the passion fruit pulp and the caster sugar, then blend for 1 minute or until the flesh comes away from the seeds.

6. With the machine running, add the remaining 4 eggs and the double cream, then strain through a fine sieve.

7. Fill the tart case with the passion fruit mixture and bake at 140°C/275°F/Gas mark 1 for 1 hour, or until the filling has just set in the middle.

8. Set aside to cool, then chill for 2 hours. Serve with whipped cream.