Components of Pate a Scuree : Superfine sugar gets refined into the powdered with blended in a mixer. The tart dough should be chilled in a freezer for about 10 minutes before getting pressed into flat.
Creme d’amandes
Amount for 2 portion
Salted Butter
50 gram
Powdered Sugar
50 gram
Beaten Egg
50 gram (1 ea.)
Almond Flour
50 gram
Creme d’amandes : Combine each component with the same volume.
Pear Compote
For 2 Pear
Fresh Pear
2 ea.
water
300 gram
White Wine
75 gram
Superfine Sugar
75 gram
Lemon Juice
15 gram
Vanilla Oil
a few drops
Pear Compote : Adjust the volume of sugar between 75 gram and 130 gram as you like.
Fig Cream Cheese Mousse
For 1 tart
Heavy Cream
100 gram
Superfine sugar
15 gram
Cream Cheese
100 gram
Fig puree
100 gram
Powdered gelatin
8 gram
Water (for solvent)
40 gram
Fig Cream Cheese Mousse : In advance, fig puree should be prepared.
Instructions : 調理法
＜１＞梨のコンポート ① 梨を半部にカットして芯をスプーンでくり抜きます。皮は剥いておいた方が後の処理は楽です。 ② シチュー鍋に水300gグラムと白ワイン75グラム、上白糖75グラムを混ぜて中火にかけます。 ③ 砂糖が完全に解けたら、15グラムのレモンジュース、バニラオイルを数滴加えます。 ④ いったん火を切り、梨を鍋に入れます。再び中火で加熱します。 ⑤ 沸騰したら弱火におとし、鍋蓋をして15分くらい煮続けます。5分おきに梨を上下ひっくり返してすべての面がジュースに浸るようにします。 ⑥ 火を切りクッキングシートを落し蓋として上からかぶせ、室温で冷めるまで放置します。
Making pear compote : ① Cut pear into a half size and remove the center with a spoon. ② Pour 300 gram water and 75 gram white wine, 75 gram superfine sugar into a saucepan and simmer it over medium heat. ③ Once sugar gets completely dissolved, add 15 gram lemon juice and a few drops vanilla oil. ④ Place the pear with cutting side up into the saucepan and simmer it to a boil. ⑤ Decrease heat to low and cap the saucepan to simmer it for about 15 minutes. At every 5 minutes simmer, rotate the pear upside down to sink well in the juice.⑥ Remove from heat and place parchment paper on the surface. Leave it at room temperature.
Making pate a sucree : ① Place 30 gram powdered superfine sugar, 15 gram almond flour, 60 gram butter (cubed) in a middle bowl and press to combine roughly. ② Sieve 50 gram plain flour and 35 gram bread flour over it. Press to combine until the butter gets into the size of rice. ③ Pour 1/2 volume of 1 beaten egg and mix gently with a wooden spoon until the dough settles into shape. ④ On a floured surface of plastic-wrap, place the dough to fold it into the square shape. Roll the dough to flatten. Chill it in a freezer for about 15 minutes.⑤ On a floured surface, roll the dough into the 3 to 5 mm thick which should be larger than a tart pan.Making a pate a sucree : ⑥ Loosely roll the dough around the rolling pin. Place the dough over the tart pan to be unrolled. Dust roughly to push the dough into the corner to remove any gaps. Using a floured spoon, lightly press the dough from the center to margin and flatten it evenly. Cover the rim of the pan. ⑦ Move the rolling pin to and fro along the top of the pan to trim the edges. ⑧ Confirm the dough is tightly attached to the pan with no crack. ⑨ Prick the dough all over with a fork for the air to go through the dough while baking. Chill it in a freezer for about 15 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the oven up to 170C.
Making Creme d’amandes : ① Combine 50 gram butter, 50 gram beaten egg, 50 gram powdered sugar and 50 gram almond flour in a middle bowl until the dough gets creamy and well incorporated. ② Chill it in a fridge until use.
＜４＞梨のタルト Ver.01
前もってオーブンを180℃に予熱しておきます。 ①冷蔵庫で寝かしておいたタルト皿にアーモンドクリームを充填します。 ②薄切りスライスにしたフレッシュな梨を渦巻き状に盛り付けます。 ③ブラシで表面にエッグウオッシュします。溶き卵1個分を使用しますが、香り付けにダークラムやブランデーを5ml加えて攪拌するか、インスタントコーヒーを加えてコーヒードリュールとするのがいいかもしれません（好みの問題です）。 ④オーブンで180℃ x 30分前後焼きます。途中で表面の焦げ目が強く出るようならアルミフォイルで表面を覆って焼きます。十分に火が通ればタルト皿がモールド（焼型）から浮き上がりますのである程度焼き時間の目安となります。 ⑤濡らしたタオルの上に天板ごとオーブンから出して冷まします。 ⑥タルト皿がの温度が下がってきたら、クーリングラックの上に移動して室温で冷まします。 ⑦焼き型から外して皿に移し冷蔵庫で3時間ほど冷まして完成です。底板をタルトから外す時はパレットナイフを用いて割れないように慎重に分離します。
Pear Tart Version 1 : Preheat the oven up to 180C. ① Fulfill the tart crust with the almond cream (creme d’amandes). ② Slice the pear into 5mm width. Place it as you like ( ie. tornade). ③ Combine 5 gram dark rum and 1 beaten egg. Egg-wash the surface with a brush. ④ Oven-bake at 180C for about 30 minutes. ⑤ Let it cool at room temperature. Then chill it in a fridge for at least 3 hours.
＜5＞梨のタルト Ver.02
前もってオーブンを180℃に予熱しておきます。 ①芯をくり抜いた梨を少し厚めにスライスします。3等分または4等分に縦割りした梨がお手頃なサイズのスライスになります。 ②タルト皿にアーモンドクリームを充填した後、下図のように梨を盛り付けます。 ③溶かしバター20グラム分を表面にブラシで塗ります。 ④オーブンで180℃ x 30分前後焼成します。 この盛り付け方は、カットした時の断面が美しく梨のタルトではお気に入りです。サムネの写真はこれが上がっています。
Pear Tart Version 2 : Preheat the oven uo to 180C. ① Slice the pear ( previously removed its core ) vertically. ② Fulfill the crust with the almond cream. Place the sliced pear like the second picture with about 60 degrees tilted. ③ Brush the surface with melted butter usually in 20 gram prepared. ④ Oven-bake at 180C for about 30 minutes.
Pear Tart Version 3 : ① Place aluminum foil over the tart crust. Put a ramekin over a plate of a cake pan on the aluminum foil for weight. ② Oven-bake at 170C for 15 minutes. Remove the plate and the foil, add further oven-bake at 170C for 15 minutes. ③ Let the baked crust cool at room temperature. ④ Meanwhile, electric-whisk 100 gram heavy cream and 15 gram superfine sugar in a metal bowl until the firm peak form. Pour 100 gram fig puree and continue electric-whisking until well incorporated. Dump 100 gram cream cheese into it . Electric-whisk until the no streak of the cream cheese can be seen. Pour 8 gram powdered gelatin with 40 gram warm water into the cream cheese to electric-whisk until well combined. ⑤ Fill the crust with the cream cheese mousse. ⑥ Slice the compote pear and place it on the surface of the tart. ⑦ Chill it in a fridge overnight.
３つのバージョンのタルトを作成しました。これらは基本技術の組み合わせ（= Building Method)で構成されますのでこの辺がきっちりしてくると数式を変形するがごとくいろいろなオリジナルな作品を作成できます。
Typically used recipe for pate a sucree.:The ratio of cake flour to bread flour can be exchanged as exactly what you want in the final version. However it had better not to decrease the protein percentage lower than 6%.
For Italian Meringue
Amount for φ 18 cm tart
Egg White (L)
3 (120 gram)
Cream of tartar
3 gram
Superfine Sugar
120 gram
Water
60 gram
Vanilla Oil
a few drops
Italian Meringue: For Italian meringue, use 50 gram granulated sugar per 1 egg white ( typically). When using powdered superfine sugar instead of granulated sugar, adjust the volume of 50 gram to the decreased down to about 40 gram.
Lemon Curd
Amount for φ 18 cm tart
Fresh Lemon Curd
200 ～230 gram
Lemon curd: How to ; is described in the section ” Lemon Curdを作る”. Please have a look there.
Making dough of pate a scuree: ① Place 30 gram powdered superfine sugar, 15 gram almond flour, 40 gram butter (cubed) and 20 gram margarine in a middle bowl and press to combine roughly with a pastry blender. ② Sieve 45 gram plain flour and 40 gram bread flour over it. Press to combine until the butter gets into the size of rice. ③ Pour 1/2 volume of 1 beaten egg and mix gently with a wooden spoon until the dough settles into shape. ④ On a floured surface of plastic-wrap, place the dough to fold it into the square shape. Roll the dough to flatten. Chill it in a freezer for about 15 minutes.⑤ On a floured surface, roll the dough into the 3 to 5 mm thick which should be larger than a tart pan.⑥ Loosely roll the dough around the rolling pin. Place the dough over the tart pan to be unrolled. Dust roughly to push the dough into the corner to remove any gaps. Using a floured spoon, lightly press the dough from the center to margin and flatten it evenly. Cover the rim of the pan. ⑦ Move the rolling pin to and fro along the top of the pan to trim the edges. ⑧ Confirm the dough is tightly attached to the pan with no crack.
⑨ Prick the dough all over with a fork for the air to go through the dough while baking. Chill it in a freezer for about 15 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the oven up to 170C. ⑩ Take the dough out from the freezer. Cover the top with aluminum foil and place the bottom-plate of the cake pan. Put the ramekin as weight on the plate instead of a tart-stone. ⑪ Oven-bake at 170C for 15 minutes, then remove the all of the weight and aluminum foil. Oven-bake for 5 minutes furthermore. ⑫ Let it cool at room temperature.
Preparing Italian Meringue: ① Place 3 egg whites and 3 gram cream of tartar in a metal bowl and electric-whisk at low speed until the soft peak form. Meanwhile start simmering a syrup. Pour 60 gram water into the saucepan with 120 gram superfine sugar. Simmer it with no stirring and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat.② Staying cautious to the syrup temperature, increase the whisking speed up to high to whip up to the firm peak form. Just when the temperature of the syrup has risen to 121C, gradually pour the hot syrup into the meringue along the immediate side of the whisking puddle with electric-whisking continuously. Be careful not to get burnt.③ Whisk gently with a balloon whipper to even the meringue.
Assembling and Burner-baking: ① Place about 220 gram lemon curd into the tart crust and flatten the surface. ② Transfer the meringue into the pastry bag to squeeze it over the lemon curd as you like. ③ Using a torch burner, form a proper scorch on the surface.
Pate Scuree : Now butter is hardly available. Substitute 1/3 volume of butter with margarine. The dough will gets softened than usual. Chill it in a freezer until it gets firm and quickly proceed the following steps.
For Lemon Curd Meringue
Amount for 1 tart crust
Egg Whites (L)
4 ea. (166 gram)
White Wine Vinegar
3 gram
Powdered Superfine Sugar
30 gram
Vanilla oil
a few drops
Lemon Curd (Prepared)
200 gram
Lemon Curd Meringue: Combine the same volume of the stiff peak meringue and the lemon curd.
Making dough of pate a scuree: ① Place 30 gram powdered superfine sugar, 15 gram almond flour, 40 gram butter (cubed) and 20 gram margarine in a middle bowl and press to combine roughly. ② Sieve 45 gram plain flour and 40 gram bread flour over it. Press to combine until the butter gets into the size of rice. ③ Pour 1/2 volume of 1 beaten egg and mix gently with a wooden spoon until the dough settles into shape. ④ On a floured surface of plastic-wrap, place the dough to fold it into the square shape. Roll the dough to flatten. Chill it in a freezer for about 15 minutes.⑤ On a floured surface, roll the dough into the 3 to 5 mm thick which should be larger than a tart pan.
Oven-baking of the dough: ⑥ Loosely roll the dough around the rolling pin. Place the dough over the tart pan to be unrolled. Dust roughly to push the dough into the corner to remove any gaps. Using a floured spoon, lightly press the dough from the center to margin and flatten it evenly. Cover the rim of the pan. ⑦ Move the rolling pin to and fro along the top of the pan to trim the edges. ⑧ Confirm the dough is tightly attached to the pan with no crack. ⑨ Prick the dough all over with a fork for the air to go through the dough while baking. Chill it in a freezer for about 15 minutes. Meanwhile preheat the oven up to 170C. ⑩ Take the dough out from the freezer. Cover the top with aluminum foil and place the bottom-plate of the cake pan. Put the ramekin as weight on the plate instead of a tart-stone. ⑪ Oven-bake at 170C for 15 minutes, then remove the all of the weight and aluminum foil. Oven-bake for 5 minutes furthermore. ⑫ Let it cool at room temperature.
Making Lemon Meringue: ① According to the separation forming method, place 4 egg whites and 3 gram white wine vinegar in a metal bowl. Electric-whisk at low speed until the soft peak form. It usually takes about 2 minutes. ② Add 30 gram powdered sugar and continue whisking at high speed until the stiff peak form. Then drop vanilla oil at a few drips. Even the meringue with whisking at low speed. ③ Dump 1/3 volume of the meringue in the prepared lemon curd to fold it well. ④Get the mixture back to the meringue in the metal bowl, fold it gently until well incorporated. ⑤ Pour it into the tart crust and flatten it. ⑥ oven-bake at 170C for about 20 minutes until the surface gets golden brown. ⑦ Let it cool at room temperature and keep it in a fridge until served.
How to cook : Beforehand, prepare 1 lemon zest and 160 gram fresh lemon juice with no antiseptic agent. It takes about 3 fresh lemon of the medium size. All procedures as bellow mentioned, get through the double boiler method. ① Place 2 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks, 150 gram powdered superfine sugar in a large heat-durable bowl. Whisk gently over simmering water in a saucepan (Bain-marie) with a balloon whipper until sugar is completely dissolved. ② Pour 160 gram fresh lemon juice and 1 lemon zest and mix well. ③ Add 15 gram cornstarch and whisk until well incorporated. ④ Cook the egg mixture with stirring constantly. Simmer the mixture up over 70C. It usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes. The mixture will get thick around that temperature.
When is the time of removing from heat?: ⑤ When a line drawn with the finger has got clear on the surface of the spatula, it’s just the time to remove from heat. ⑥ After removing from heat, dump 30 gram butter (cubed) to make it completely dissolved with stirring by the spatula. ⑥Transfer the lemon curd through the mesh strainer into a sterilized cup and keep it cool in a fridge.
