Preparation

shortcrust dough preparation:
Remember that butter in pastry is used at room temperature, so it should be removed from the refrigerator at least an hour before.

knead the ingredients until you have a uniform dough. Roll it out with a roller until you get a three-millimeter-thick sheet. Place in a 10-inch diameter pop-up tart pan. press the sides and discard any excess edges. Bake at one hundred and eighty degrees for twenty-five to thirty minutes, until the dough is golden brown. remove from oven and cool. demould.

preparation for the fruit jelly:
in 1 liter of water, over low heat, bring all ingredients, except cornstarch, to a boil for ten to twelve minutes. strain.

Mix the syrup with the cornstarch, previously dissolved in a little of the same syrup. return to medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring with a wooden spoon, until thickened. Get out of the fire.

preparation for the filling:
cover the cake with the pastry cream. Add strawberries in a fan shape. Brush with two tablespoons of the fruit jelly and garnish with the mint leaves. refrigerate until serving.

Ingredients

  • for the shortcrust pastry:
  • two and a half cups of prepared flour
  • one hundred and seventy-five grams of unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • half a cup of powdered sugar
  • egg
  • Half a tablespoon of salt
  • for the fruit jelly:
  • shell of a pineapple
  • peel of two oranges
  • a lemon in halves
  • two teaspoons of anise
  • two cinnamon sticks
  • eight cloves
  • four cups of white sugar
  • eighty grams of cornstarch
  • for the filling:
  • one kilo three-quarters of strawberries without stems, in halves
  • four cups of pastry cream
  • five branches of mint