

There was a small hole in the center and all I had to do was roll up a single slice of mango and pop it in. In trying to arrange slices into a flower design, I found it easier to work from the outer edge, following the crust, and overlap the slices until I made my way to the middle.
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I’ve seen some blogs start arranging their mango from the middle and just couldn’t figure out how to make that neatly happen. Enjoy with some fruit and crumbled shortbread for an extra treat! Note, you may also have a bit of extra pastry cream. Don’t throw these away! You can always use them to make a meringue or some macarons, perhaps add them to an omelette–there’s no reason to waste them. You’ll have a bunch of egg whites left too.
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This is definitely one of those components where you want to make sure you have everything set up and ready to go before you start–make sure your egg yolks are already separated that way you won’t have to stop halfway through to crack them all. Yes, this requires about 10-15 minutes of constant stirring to make sure the cream doesn’t stick and the eggs don’t cook. See here for another gorgeous summer pud idea.Then there’s the pastry cream filling. Place the gooseberries on top (round side up if halved). Spoon the creamy egg mixture into the prepared tart cases, carefully, until the cases are really full. In a bowl, mix the filling by combining the eggs with the caster sugar, double cream and vanilla seeds. RED: ‘Whinham’s Industry’ tastes superb when the berries are allowed to ripen fully on the plant Leave the oven on at the same temperature.YELLOW: ‘Leveller’ is a large, yellow dessert gooseberry with one of the best flavours of any cultivar.


GREEN: ‘Greenfinch’ produces a prolific crop of gooseberries that are delicious eaten cooked.Leave in the oven for an extra five minutes if the filling is too wobbly. Place on a serving platter and dust with icing sugar Allow the tarts to cool on a wire rack before using a metal spatula to remove them from their tart tins.Check to ensure the tarts are fully cooked by making sure the filling is set.Spoon the creamy egg mixture into the prepared tart cases, carefully, until the cases are really full.In a bowl, mix the filling by combining the eggs with the caster sugar, double cream and vanilla seeds.

Leave the oven on at the same temperature. Remove the tart cases from the oven and leave to cool with the baking parchment removed. Place them on a baking tray and bake blind for 12 minutes.
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So beautiful and full of promise, they look like translucent orbs of lime-green and pink perfection. Gooseberries are the kings of the fruit cage in June and July. The summer months bring lots of tasty fresh fruit and nothing beats a delectable gooseberry tart for a summer dessert recipe for a picnic, barbeque or even afternoon treat. Great British Bake Off viewers are living for Lottie’s sass after Paul Hollywood suggested her caged tart ‘didn’t fit the brief’. Use your summer fruit to make this tasty gooseberry tart recipe
