Pineapple and strawberry tart

Coconut frangipane tart with exotic fruit cream and strawberry.


Pineapple and strawberry tart
Mathieu Blandin

Mathieu Blandin

Consultant, World Pastry Champion

Ingredients

For 2 tarts

Pâte sablée

145 g icing sugar

50 g ground almonds

80 g blanched ground almonds

200 g T45 flour

200 g T55 flour

4 g fine salt

200 g Debic Cake Butter

75 g whole eggs

Coconut frangipane

50 g Debic Cake Butter

40 g ground almonds

20 g coconut, grated

11 g T55 flour

50 g caster sugar

50 g whole eggs

11 g Debic Stand & Overrun

Egg wash

Wild strawberry coulis

200 g strawberry purée, Mara des Bois

18 g invert sugar

18 g caster sugar

4 g pectin NH

4 g gelatine mass (200 Bloom)

1 g lime or lemon juice

Exotic fruit cream

100 g passion fruit purée

100 g mango purée

60 g caster sugar

100 g whole eggs

100 g egg yolks

25 g gelatine mass (220 Bloom)

100 g coconut purée

125 g Debic Cake Butter

Poached pineapple

1000 g water

300 g caster sugar

5 g liquid vanilla

1 lemon

1000 g pineapple, fresh

Mango passion fruit gel

35 g passion fruit purée

15 g mango purée

4 g caster sugar

1 g agar

2 g potato starch

Swiss meringue

50 g egg whites

100 g sugar

Neutral glaze

100 g water

50 g glucose syrup

80 g caster sugar

2 g pectin NH

265 g neutral glaze

Preparation

Pâte sablée

Using the paddle attachment of a mixer, combine the icing sugar, ground almonds, flours, fine salt and Cake Butter until crumbly.

Add the whole eggs and knead briefly.

Allow to cool in the bowl, then remove and refrigerate.

Roll out and line your tart rings.

Coconut frangipane

Melt the Cake Butter and incorporate the ground almonds, grated coconut, flour and sugar.

Mix in the eggs and Stand & Overrun.

Mix well and store in the refrigerator or use immediately.

Bring to room temperature before using.

Egg wash

Brush the blind-baked tart shells with the egg wash mixture and bake for 15 minutes at 150°C in a fan oven.

Wild strawberry coulis

Heat the purée with the invert sugar.

At 40°C, incorporate the mixture of sugar and pectin.

Bring to a boil, then add the gelatine mass and lemon juice.

Pour 100 g into silicone moulds and freeze.

Exotic fruit cream

Heat the passion fruit and mango purées with the sugar.

Make an anglaise (84°C) with the whole eggs and yolks.

Incorporate the gelatine mass and coconut purée.

Cool to 50°C before blending with the tempered Cake Butter.

Store in the refrigerator.

Poached pineapple

Heat the water with sugar, liquid vanilla and lemon.

Add the fresh pineapple cubes.

Boil for 15 minutes over medium heat.

Refrigerate and drain well the day before use.

Mango passion fruit gel

Heat the purées and incorporate the mixed powders.

Bring to a boil then refrigerate.

Blend and store in a piping bag before use.

Swiss meringue

Heat the tempered egg whites and sugar to 50°C.

Cool in a mixer.

Pipe small points using a 10 mm nozzle.

Bake at 100°C in a deck oven.

Neutral glaze

Heat the glucose and water to 40°C.

Add the sugar and pectin mixture.

Bring to a boil and incorporate the neutral glaze.

Blend with a hand mixer.

Use at 90°C with a spray gun.

Assembly

Pipe the coconut frangipane into the tart shells.

Brush with egg wash and bake at 150°C for 15 minutes.

Pipe a layer of exotic fruit cream and place your coulis insert on top.

Cover with more cream and then arrange the pineapple pieces.

Finishing touch

Pipe small dots of mango gel and decorate with meringues.

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