Tarte à l'Érable
A pastry shell filled with maple syrup thickened with cream and eggs, baked to a soft caramel set.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Total
- 60 min
- Servings
- 8
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 400 kcal
Equipment
- •23 cm pie dish
Nutrition
Per serving, approximate
- Calories
- 400 kcal
- fat
- 18 g
- carbs
- 54 g
- protein
- 5 g
- calories
- 400
Instructions
- 1
Line the dish with pastry, crimp and chill 20 minutes.
- 2
Warm the maple syrup with the cream until steaming, then cool slightly.
- 3
Whisk the eggs with the cornflour, melted butter and salt.
- 4
Pour the warm syrup into the eggs in a thin stream, whisking constantly.
- 5
Pour into the shell and bake at 180C for 35-40 minutes until set at the edges with a slight wobble in the middle.
- 6
Cool completely before slicing.
Chef's tips
Warm syrup added slowly stops the eggs scrambling and keeps the filling silky.
Ingredient substitutions
- double cream → evaporated milk
Storage
Refrigerate up to 4 days.
Common mistakes to avoid
- •Boiling the syrup and cream
- •Cutting while warm
Serving suggestions
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