Tarte aux framboises for terrible bakers

The BIRTHDAY EDISH!

I am a decidedly terrible baker, but I do love baked goods. Before I’d start messing with French patisserie I think there’s a few essential basics that would have to be mastered and really, who has the time. My absolute favorite birthday (and other day) treat has always been a raspberry tart, or tarte aux framboises. Money in hand, 6 year old me would run through our local Super U to get to the bakery section in the hope they’d still have a tarte aux framboises, and understood my broken French well enough to be willing to sell it to me. Maybe one day I’ll learn how to make a proper version but for now this version for terrible bakers alike hits all the spots.

Ingredients #

Ingredients for 8 people, or one tarte:

• 260gr Bastogne cookies, or any cinnamony type biscies
• 100gr salted butter
• 250gr Mascarpone
• 100gr almond paste
• 100gr white chocolate melted
• 400gr raspberries
• Sea salt

Method #

1. Line a 24cm (or similar) round cake pan with some baking paper. I used one of those cake pans with a removable bottom.

2. Put the Bastogne cookies in a ziplock bag and smash them into a fine “flour” using a skillet or rolling pin or something. Add the cookie flour to a bowl.

3. Melt the butter in a small pan and add it to the bowl with the crushed cookies. Mix it together to hydrate the crushed cookies, then tip the mixture into the cake pan and press it down to fully cover the bottom of the pan. Put the cake pan in the fridge while you prepare the rest of the cake.

4. Whip together the melted white chocolate, almond paste and mascarpone until it’s well incorporated. Add a few pinches of sea salt to this mixture.

5. Layer the mascarpone over the cookie base of your tart and top it with the raspberries. Put the tart in the fridge to stiffen up for an hour or two, before slicing.

6. Congrats! You have now made the world’s easiest pastry that looks the part and ABSOLUTELY tastes the part too!

I hope you’ll enjoy this dessert, breakfast or midday snack as much as I do! Raspberries truly are the greatest berry, I will not be taking any comments suggesting otherwise.