TWD: La Palette’s Strawberry Tart

This weeks delicious Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes courtesy of Marie of A Year in Oak Cottage. She chose La Palette’s Strawberry Tart. I loooove strawberries...especially fresh strawberries. Any time I get to cook with them I am one happy baker.

I've made this tart before and was a fan instantly. The first time I made it was a few months ago when I was visiting my family for the weekend. My resident sous-chef, my youngest sister, sliced the strawberries to perfection. Unfortunately, I deleted my pictures (they were taken with my phone) so I had no choice but to make this again...it was soooo hard to make it again. Ummm...not.

I am without a food processor (my mom only has one and won't let me steal it..lol) so I decided to use my blender. I wasn't sure if it would work all that well but in the end it did just fine. It took a little longer than normal but it got the job done.

Because this time around, it was just going to be me this time, I decided to use my mini tart pans to make individual tarts. Of course...you know me...there were issues with those cute little tart pans.

Even though I sprayed the heck out of the pans, after they were baked...the litte buggers refused to come out! I should have known they would. The pans didn't have a removable bottom. I hoped but alas...it was not to be. But that wasn't going to stop me from enjoying the fruits..haha..of my labors.

I piled the strawberries on top and topped that with a biiiiiggg dollop of of homemade whipped cream. Yummmmm! The crust is like a sugar cookie. Sweet but not too sweet. Just the right amount to go along with the tartness of the strawberries. I wanted one picture where you could see the crust, so I managed to scrape the crust out of the tart pan and topped the strawberries with it. Still just as yummy!

While this was a tasty, delicious strawberry treat...its not my favorite. You could say its my favorite fresh strawberry treat but its not my overall favorite. What is you may be asking yourself. My favorite is Strawberry shortcake from Perini's Steakhouse near my parents' home outside of Abilene. Its warm strawberries on top of a sugar buttermilk biscuit and topped with a little pitcher of real yummy cream...le sigh...'tis bliss that one, 'tis bliss. Thankfully, I was able to score an autographed cookbook sighed by Tom Perini himself. And it just so happens to include the recipe for that heavenly treat. ;) Be expecting it soon dearies!

Please check out the other goodies from my fellow Tuesdays with Dorie bakers!

Next weeks selection is Peppermint Creme Puff Ring from Caroline of A Consuming Passion.

For this weeks recipe, check out Dorie Greenspan's amazing book, Baking from My Home to Yours, page 374.