No, this isn't a mixed berry cobbler, which is this week's official Tuesdays with Dorie selection as chosen by Beth of Our Sweet Life. I had strawberries going to waste in my fridge last week and had heard rave reviews for La Palette's Strawberry Tart from other group members, so I opted to make the tart rather than the cobbler. It was as if the stars had aligned and was calling for me to try out this recipe.

The tart was very easy to put together. Once the crust came out of the oven, I spread on some strawberry preserves, topped it with fresh strawberries, and served it right away. It was simple to make, and it had a very simple yet refreshing taste. I made the tart for my dad for Father's Day, and both of my parents really appreciated that the tart wasn't sweet. They were slightly taken aback by how hard the crust was because they are accustomed to softer crusts for fruit tarts, but it seemed to grow on them.

I made mini-tarts, using brioche cups to bake them. Since the sweet tart dough recipe detailed in Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours was enough to make a crust with a 9-inch diameter, I had quite a few mini-tarts left over from Father's Day. I also happened to have a surplus of chocolate pastry cream from the cream puff ring... I have to say that I liked the chocolate cream-strawberry combination much more than the strawberry jam-strawberry one originally described in the book. Using jam is much easier, but if you have some chocolate pastry cream just laying around, I highly recommend trying that in the tart.

La Palette's Strawberry Tart (from Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home to Yours)
Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons freezing-cold, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 1 large egg yolk, stirred
  
• strawberry jam (OR chocolate pastry cream!)
• fresh strawberries, quartered
• white sugar
• golden rum