Raspberry Melon Tart with Meringue and Nuts Recipe
Ingredients
For 4 servings
Garnish
- 150 g (5 oz.) raspberries
- 120 g (4 oz.) Charentais melon flesh
- 30 g (1 oz.) powdered sugar
- 30 g (1 oz.) honey
- zest of half an unsprayed orange
- zest of half an unsprayed lemon
- juice of half an orange
- 20 g (2/3 oz.) powdered almonds
Sweet pastry
- 140 g (5 oz.) butter
- 150 g (5 oz.) flour
- 50 g (2 oz.) powdered sugar
- 20 g (2/3 oz.) powdered almonds
- 1 egg
Nut garnish
- 5 g (1 tsp.) whole hazelnuts
- 5 g almonds
- 5 g pine nuts
- 5 g pistachios
Melon and Noilly Prat Coulis
Meringue
- 80 g (3 oz.) egg whites
- 45 g (1 1/2 oz.) granulated sugar
- zest of 1 unsprayed lemon
- juice of 1 unsprayed lime
Raspberry and Noilly Prat Coulis
Method
Making the pastry
- Cream the butter and mix all the ingredients together
- Form into a ball and flatten with the heel of your hand for 5 minutes on a marble slab.
- Reform the ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
- Roll the pastry out to 2 mm (1/16") and line 10 cm (4") tart tins - cut out circles that are larger than the molds, i.e. 12 cm and place the pastry in the tins. The pastry should overhang the edges by a centimeter (3/8"). Press down well with your thumbs to cut off the excess.
- With a fork, prick the pastry all over and bake in a 180° C (350° F) oven until lightly colored.
Making the filling
- Place 30 g powdered sugar in a non-stick pan and cook over high heat to form a very pale caramel.
- Quickly add the raspberries. Sauté for 30 seconds and transfer to a plate, using a spatula.
- Repeat the process with the melon, cut into 8 mm (1/3") cubes, heating just the honey and adding the orange juice and zest.
- Cook for 2 minutes, add the powdered almonds, mix and pour immediately onto the plate with the raspberries, combining gently. Cool.
- Divide this filling among the cooked tart shells.
Melon coulis
- Place all the ingredients into a small saucepan and cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
- Purée in a blender to form a smooth coulis.
Raspberry coulis
- Place all the ingredients into the blender and purée.
- Strain through a fine strainer to remove the seeds.
Meringue
- Place the egg whites, lemon juice and lemon zest into the bowl of a mixer.
- Whip to stiff peaks; just before they are stiff add the sugar and continue beating.
- Mound the meringue in a dome on the tarts using a metal pastry spatula.
- Sprinkle on some crushed nuts. Place in a preheated 160° C (325° F) oven until lightly browned and sprinkled a little icing sugar on top when you remove them from the oven.
Presentation
- Place each tart on a plate with two ribbons of coulis.
- If desired, decorate with melon wedges and a few raspberries and some lime and orange zest.
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