This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is an elegant, multi-faceted tart. Featuring a sweet crust, it’s topped with a lemon-almond cream (similar to a frangipane as featured in a galette des rois) that’s baked on the crust, then topped with a grapefruit crémeux (a decadent, gorgeously silky custard-type confection!) and finally garnished with pink grapefruit segments.
I made the full recipe of the short crust but just baked up three smaller tarts in my 4″ springform pans, making for “rustic” looking tartelettes. But I’m ok with rustic. I made 1/2 quantities of the lemon-almond cream and the crémeux (I used red Lillet instead of the called-for Campari and it worked a treat!) and used one larger grapefruit for my segments but because the tartelettes were so small, I had to be a little creative in my segmenting of the citrus. Resulting in even an even more rustic-looking dessert!
The neighbours who received the “come and pick up your dessert emails/ texts – this happens often chez moi – were thrilled and a little intrigued (they also received canelés that I have been experimenting with!) but what they were eating and emailed to inquire.
“The tart was spectacular” said one of the neighbours. Echoed by the rest of them.
So, Dorie, this is a winner. Yes, it’s a lot of steps (4 different components) but none of them overly complicated. And the taste is amazing. Especially in the dead of winter – it was like a ray of sunshine cutting through the dark and grey.
Get Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for Pink Grapefruit tart here or on page 138 of Baking Chez Moi.
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Love your tartlets…they are so sweet with the grapefruit segments arranged so artfully on top 😉
Thanks – I am not sure how artful I was 😉
Awww, I love your mini’s 🙂 #minifyallthethings
This was really delicious, wasn’t it? (And I am glad that it kept well, despite the warning that it wouldn’t – I made a full scale one, since I had a feeling that I would enjoy this one and we have been nibbling away at it.)
Good to know that it keeps well!
Isn’t this tart amazing! Your 4 little ones are so cute.
*three* 😉 And yes, it’s so good!
Love the idea of tartlets for ease of gifting.
Actually I just like mini-sized things generally, not just for giving to others!
Ooh, tartlets, I did the same! Great minds! And I love that you email/text your neighbours to come over for treats — you must be super-popular!
I am very popular, yes! Sometimes they are wandering by when I am taking the pics and then I don’t even need to text!
Very cute little tarts. This recipe did take a bit a time to put together but was definitely a “winner”.
Yes, worth the effort, for sure!
I love the little tarts, and happy your neighbors enjoyed them as well as the caneles.
Thanks – so are they!
Tartlets a great choice, and the lucky recipients are probably hoping that the next recipe comes very soon indeed. Nice job.
They are very spoiled, my neighbours!
I love that you made them into tartlets. They are so cute!
Thanks – we didn’t need a full sized tart!
Tartlets what a great idea, lucky neighbors.
Yes they are! (they know it!)
These look so sunny and cute. I love your segment décor!
Well I did what I could!
Very cute tartlets!
thanks!
I should learn to mini-fy like Cher says. I think your rustic looking tarts look great. We loved this one too especially my grapefruit loving husband.
Actually *I* coined the term #minifyallthethings 😉
This was just stunning. Worthy of being sold in the (sorely missed) Queen of Tarts.
Didn’t have a dessert wine pairing…
It was good, wasn’t it?