Richard Bertinet fruit tartlets with sweet pastry and creme patissiere recipe

French chef Richard Bertinet served up delicious fruit tartlets with sweet pastry and creme patissiere on Saturday Kitchen with James Martin.

The ingredients for the sweet pastry are: 350g plain flour, pinch salt, 125g unsalted butter, flattened out in between two sheets of greaseproof paper to 1cm thick, chilled in the fridge, 125g caster sugar, 2 free-range eggs, whole and 1 egg, yolk only and 1 egg, yolk only, beaten for egg-wash.

For creme patissiere: 500ml full fat milk, 2 vanilla pods, seeds removed and pods retained, 6 free-range eggs, yolks only, 120g caster sugar, 50g plain flour and 4 tbsp kirsch.


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