What better season to prepare a soft fruit tart?? I love soft tarts. As a base, I used my super-tested Soft Tart Base recipe, but with margarine instead of butter. To fill it, I used Lemon Custard. Delicious, try it and it will conquer you at the first slice.
I’m also leaving you other ideas if you also love fruit desserts.

- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 16
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2.8 oz vegetable margarine
- 3/8 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 lemon (zest)
- 2 eggs
- 1 lemon (zest)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups milk
- to taste fresh fruit of choice
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp cornstarch
Tools
- Stand Mixer
- Tart Mold
- Spatula
- Saucepan
- Brush silicone
Steps
The first thing to prepare is the custard, which needs to be cold for use. Put the eggs in a saucepan with the sugar and mix well.
Separately, heat the milk with the lemon zest.
Add the cornstarch to the eggs and continue mixing until there are no lumps.
Add the hot milk and bring to the heat while stirring.
Stir until the custard thickens, boil for about 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl, remove the lemon zest, cover with cling film in contact, and let cool.
In the stand mixer’s bowl, pour in the sugar and margarine and whisk for a few minutes. Add the eggs, continuing to whisk.
Add the sifted flour with the baking powder and whisk for another 2 minutes. Then gradually add the milk.
Finally, add the lemon zest and mix well with the spatula.
Transfer the mixture into the buttered and floured mold and bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes.
When the base is baked, turn it onto a serving plate and let it cool. Once cold, moisten the surface with some fruit juice (I used the juice from the canned fruit I used for the decoration). Add the cold custard and fresh fruit of choice.
To finish our tart, prepare the gelatin, which will make everything shinier and prevent our fruit from turning black.
Put the sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan and mix, add the water and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes, turn off the heat, and let it sit for 1 minute.
Use a brush to glaze the surface of our tart and let it rest in the fridge for a couple of hours.
More ideas.