Fresh Summer Fruits
This is an easy dessert and very tasty, takes about 46 minutes to make.

Ingredients for the Tart crust.
1 1/2 cups of flour
a pinch of salt
1 stick butter unsalted room temperature
1/4 cup white sugar
1 eggs beaten.

Direction for Tart crust:
In a bowl whisk the flour and salt. Set aside.
In a mixer, whisk the butter until creamy adding the eggs until fluffy. Add the eggs and butter mixture to the flour.
Mix until it forms a ball.
Spray the tart pan with a cooking oil spray.
Roll the dough on a clean work surface or just flatten the dough and work around the tart pan forming the crust to the pan.

Cover with plastic and refrigerate for 15-30 minutes.
Heat the oven at 350 degrees F.

Before placing the tart pan in the oven poke holes with a fork into the pastry crust so it will prevent the pastry from puffing up. Bake for 15 minutes or until it is a light golden brown. Set aside and let the tart crust cool.

Custard Cream:
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup milk
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/3 tablespoon brandy
Or just use Hearth Club Custard Powder and follow the instructions. A short cut.

Directions for Custard:
In a small bowl add the eggs, 1/4 cup milk, flour, cornstarch and sugar. Mix well and set aside.
Heat the rest of the milk & brandy in a saucepan and bring to a boil, reducing the heat once the milk boiled.
At a medium heat and the milk mixture to the boil milk and stir until it thicken adding the vanilla. When it starts to thicken transfer to the tart crust and cool. Once it is cool start with the fruit toppings.

Toppings:
Strawberries, Kiwi sliced ( optional)
blueberries, blackberries, sliced bananas, slice peaches.
Use whatever fruits you have. Be creative.

I like Dr.Oetker's original Vanilla Sugar for fruits. You can find this at World Market ( Cost-Plus ) or most Supermarkets in the baking section.

You can make your own Vanilla Sugar by cutting several vanilla beans down the middle and placing the beans in an air tight container covering the Vanilla beans with sugar. Within a month you will have a nice fragrant vanilla sugar and ready to use.
Enjoy <3