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Rhubarb & Cream Tart

Rhubarb & Cream Tart

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by Sasha (Global Table Adventure)

Rhubarb & Cream Tart

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by Sasha (Global Table Adventure)

Rhubarb & Cream Tart

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by Sasha (Global Table Adventure)

Rhubarb & Cream Tart

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by Sasha (Global Table Adventure)

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Late Winter Tart (Sweet or Savory)
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    Sasha (Global Table Adventure)'s Notes: The most wonderful late winter/early spring tart has to contain rhubarb - the earliest harboringer of spring. It looks like celery with lipstick, but tastes fruity and tart, and is especially...

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Serves 8-10

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Meanwhile, pulse together the flour, butter, baking powder, and sugar in a food processor. Drizzle water into the mixture until it comes together and can be formed into a ball of dough.

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  2. Next, press the dough into a 10″ sprinform pan, coming up the sides just over an inch. I like the edge to be a little uneven – it looks rustic and charming once it is baked. Plus, it’s much easier. Refrigerate until needed.

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  3. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, cardamom, and cinnamon. In a measuring cup whisk the cream together with the egg yolks.

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  4. Add chopped strawberries and rhubarb to a large bowl and toss with flour mixture until fully coated. It will look frostbitten.

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  5. Add the strawberry/rhubarb mixture to the tart and pour the cream/egg yolk mixture over the top. Bake 30-35 minutes or until the cream is set and the fruit is cooked.

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  6. Serving suggestions: This tart is as good room temperature as it is cold, although cold is probably more traditional. If you *do* eat it warm, you are probably required to eat it with vanilla ice cream. :)

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11 Comments on Rhubarb & Cream Tart

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love the description "celery with lipstick" almost as much as I love rhubarb! Can't wait for mine to come up...think I'll go check on it now!

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like the celery with lipstick description

Cheese_for_twitter0001 Reply

Indeed, a great visual!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

Counting the days (months?) until I can buy local strawberries and rhubarb. Your tart sounds amazing.

Katherine_photo Reply

I love your description of rhubarb as "celery with lipstick." And I agree that the late winter seasonal aspect is tricky when we are from all over the world and many of us are experiencing Spring already. We've got strawberries, I just have to wait for the rhubarb to make this! Can't wait!

Ab_sum Reply

Love your rendition!

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Glancing down the early recipes, I see a lot of people ready for spring!

Sasha_with_ava Reply

I'm in Oklahoma so we've been enjoying 70's and even a couple of 80 degree days. It's hard to think winter with weather like that ... I'm in the middle of spring fever :)

Kitchenaid Reply

So gorgeous! Unfortunately, it's not qualified for the contest. Apparently they want seasonal stuff only -- winter greens, preserves & jams, citrus, etc. Save this one to submit in the summer tough (and I'm printing it now for me to make this summer!)

Sasha_with_ava Reply

Oh darn! Thanks for letting me know. Rhubarb season starts in March ... so I thought it might. Oh well - enjoy it when you get around to it :)

Kitchenaid Reply

I think this contest probably should have been in January. Even in Minnesota, people are craving Spring!

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