| Servings | Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 4servings | 30-40minutes to bake | 30minutes to rest in the fridge |
| Servings |
| 4servings |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 30-40minutes to bake | 30minutes to rest in the fridge |
Ingredients
- 500 gm sweet stoned peaches and nectarines cut into irregular bite-sized chunks
- 250 gm sweet strawberries after removing their tops, cut in half
- 1 vanilla bean sliced in half lengthways
- 1-2 tbls maple syrup if your fruit is not sweet enough on its own
- 11/2 teas finely ground kudzu see recipe notes
- 500 gm short and sweet spelt shortcrust pastry see link in recipe notes
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Ingredients
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Instructions
- Combine the fruits, vanilla bean, maple syrup if using and kudzu or arrowroot. Set aside while you roll out the pastry.
- Flour two sheets of baking paper. Place dough on one piece of the floured paper and dust with a little spelt flour.
- Place second sheet on top and roll out the dough to about a 35cm round.
Every few rolls flip the sheet over and lift the paper; dust with more flour, as needed, to assist the dough in rolling out. Place the paper and pastry on a large flat baking sheet.
- Chill for 10 minutes and preheat the oven to 200˚C.
- Remove the pastry from the fridge and take off the top sheet of paper.
- Fold the edges up and in, to contain the fruit; this is meant to look uneven and rustic. Tip the reserved cut fruit in a heaped pile in the centre of the round of pastry.
- Bake at 200˚C for 10 minutes then reduce to 180°C and cook for 30–45 minutes or until the pastry is golden and the fruit is soft and sticky.
- Expect some of the fruit juices to ooze from the tart; these will become like toffee and be some of the best bits.
- Cool the tart and serve warm or cold with cream or crème fraiche.
Recipe Notes
For Holly's Spelt Pastry Recipe needed for this tart - Click Here
About Kudzu
Kudzu comes in powdery white clumps. It is very high quality starch, which is said to aid digestion. Kudzu is made from the roots of a Japanese plant. It helps gel the fruit juices and maple syrup to create a wonderful thick saucy consistency. It's available in health food stores. You can substitute kudzu for arrowroot. You can also use it to simply thicken sauces or stir-fry's rather than using wheat flour.
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- Image credits to © Holly Davis
