Description
Elegant summer tart with flaky puff pastry, creamy mascarpone diplomat filling, and delicate white peaches.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 sheet thawed puff pastry
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 ounces mascarpone cheese
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup Chardonnay
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange blossom honey
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 3 firm ripe peaches
- 2 fresh peaches, sliced
- 3/4 cup caramel sauce
- Fresh raspberries
- Edible flowers for garnish
Instructions
- Heat milk and vanilla bean paste until simmering.
- Whisk sugar, cornstarch, salt, and egg yolks until smooth.
- Slowly whisk warm milk into egg mixture.
- Cook mixture over medium heat until thickened.
- Whisk in butter, strain, and chill pastry cream.
- Simmer sugar, wine, vanilla, honey, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt.
- Poach peach halves until tender and cool in liquid.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Roll puff pastry into tart pan and trim edges.
- Dock pastry, line with parchment, and add pie weights.
- Brush edges with milk and bake until golden brown.
- Cool tart shell completely.
- Whip mascarpone, heavy cream, powdered sugar, and salt until soft peaks form.
- Fold pastry cream into mascarpone mixture gently.
- Spread filling into cooled tart shell.
- Drizzle poaching syrup over filling.
- Arrange sliced peaches, raspberries, and edible flowers on top.
- Slice and serve chilled or at room temperature.
Notes
- Use firm peaches for easier poaching.
- Chill pastry cream completely before folding into mascarpone.
- Serve tart the same day for the crispiest pastry texture.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 26
- Sodium: 180
- Fat: 27
- Saturated Fat: 15
- Unsaturated Fat: 10
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 40
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 6
- Cholesterol: 95