Brown Sugar Strawberry Tart- Sunset (April 2010)

By Foodiewife

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar, divided
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, divided
• 1/2 cup crème fraîche
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 12 ounces strawberries, hulled and sliced

Details

Adapted from sugarnflour.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a food processor, whirl flour, 2 tbsp. sugar, the cornstarch, and salt until combined. Add butter and 1/2 tsp. vanilla and pulse until fine crumbs form and dough just begins to come together. Press evenly into bottom and up sides of a 9-in. round tart pan with a removable rim.
2. Bake until edges are golden, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool on a rack, then gently push tart crust from pan rim; set on a plate.
3. In a bowl with a mixer on high speed, beat crème fraîche, cream, remaining 2 tbsp. sugar, and remaining 1/2 tsp. vanilla until thick. Spread in cooled crust. Arrange strawberries in circles on top, alternating cut sides down and up.

Make ahead: Chill, loosely covered, up to 4 hours.