Maksim
Lizunkov
Chef at Salateria cafe
Moscow
5 2

I am passionately engaged in pastry art, always looking for new combinations, textures and visualization. Gluten-free pastries are a special point of my interest; I cook them with great pleasure. I am constantly educating myself, because I am sure that self-development is the most important thing. Moreover, it helps me to share experience with my colleagues helping them to do their work the best way.

CHERRY AND FRANGIPANE PISTACHIO TART

Maksim
Lizunkov
Chef at Salateria cafe
Moscow
5 2
Ingredients

(for 6 tarts)

  • Tart crusts
  • GRANDPRO Tart margarine 75 g
  • Egg 30 g
  • Powdered sugar 50 g
  • Pistachio flour 20 g
  • Wheat flour 140 g
  • Pistachio paste 10 g
  • Salt 1 g
  • Pistachio frangipane
  • Powdered sugar 50 g
  • Almond flour 30 g
  • Pistachio flour 25 g
  • GRANDPRO Cake margarine (softened) 15 g
  • Inverted sugar syrup 10 g
  • Egg yolk 10 g
  • Egg 50 g
  • Filling
  • Fresh cherries (or any other berries / fruits) 180 g
  • Cigarette batter (decoration)
  • Wheat flour 50 g
  • GRANDPRO Tart margarine (softened) 50 g
  • Inverted sugar syrup 20 g
  • Egg whites 50 g
  • Powdered sugar 30 g
cooking

Tart crusts

  • Combine all the liquid ingredients in mixer bowl; add salt, sifted wheat flour, and pistachio flour. Knead the batter using spatula nozzle.
  • Roll the batter between parchment paper sheets or guitar sheets with a layer 3–4 mm thick. Place it in refrigerator at +4...+6˚C for 4-6 hours. It can be stored frozen.
  • Form tart crusts in a metal or plastic perforated ring. Bake in a preheated oven at 160˚C for about 7–10 minutes..

Pistachio frangipane

  • Mix GRANDPRO Cake margarine, flour, powdered sugar, and inverted syrup in a mixer with a spatula nozzle.
  • Continue mixing adding little by little eggs and egg yolk.
  • Put it to a pastry bag.

Filling

  • Put the chopped cherries in the baked tart crusts.
  • Pour pistachio frangipane on top of the cherries.
  • Bake in a preheated to 160˚C oven for 15–20 minutes.

Cigarette batter (decoration)

  • Stir softened GRANDPRO Tart margarine with powdered sugar and inverted sugar syrup, add egg whites, stir again, add flour; knead until smooth.
  • Spread a thin layer (1 mm) of the batter on a silicone mat or parchment paper sheet; make 5 mm strips using teeth edge spatula.
  • Bake at 200°C for 2–2.5 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven. Quickly, while it’s hot, form spherical decorations. Let them cool

Assembling the tarts

  • Put the cooled decoration on the tart.
  • Optionally, sprinkle it with powdered sugar.