Summer finally arrived into Ireland. It’s gorgeous. People already complain it’s too hot. You can wear shorts in the morning and you are not freezing. The weather forecast displays a high temperature warning. It’s so funny if you think that in some places in the world high is much more than 27°C. But I’m loving it, it’s beautiful, I feel like somebody answered to my prayers. We try to catch as much sun as possible, because we are almost sure it won’t last long. We eat ice cream, we drink cocktails (I’ve discovered Pimm’s), we go for lunch in park. It’s so nice to look at people outdoors sitting on the grass, that by the way changed colour from green to yellow. Dear summer please stay as long as possible.
The strawberry season is probably coming to the end, although there are still a few green strawberries on my balcony, so I made a summer tart. The crust is delicious and I love the pastry cream, it’s my favourite from all the creams, the toasted almond flakes work beautifully with juicy strawberries.
Strawberry tarts with almond pastry cream
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- 150 g plain flour
- 50 g almonds, ground
- 30 g icing sugar
- pinch of salt
- 100 g butter, cold, diced
- 1 egg
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- 6 egg yolks
- 120 g caster sugar
- 20 g plain flour
- 20 g potato starch or corn starch
- 450 ml milk
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 100 g butter, cubed, room temperature
- 500 g strawberries, hulled and halved
- 1/2 cup almond flakes, toasted