Name: Peach and buttermilk tart
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 8 - 10
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 200 gm caster sugar; 60 gm brown sugar; 50 gm plain flour (1/3 cup); Finely grated rind of 1 lime, juice of ½, plus extra finely grated rind to serve; Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean; 600 ml well-shaken buttermilk; 50 gm butter, melted and cooled; 3 peaches, thinly sliced; Icing sugar and honey, to serve; Brown-sugar pastry; 150 gm plain flour (1 cup); 100 gm chilled butter, diced; 60 gm brown sugar; 2 egg yolks

Peach and buttermilk tart

A beautiful peach tart with the perfect crumbling shortcrust pastry.

Serves 8 - 10

Prep

35M

Cook

1H 10M

Total

1H 45M

The combination of a melt-in-the-mouth brown sugar shortcrust and tangy buttermilk filling is spot on, but this tart is taken to the next level by thin slivers of perfectly ripe peach. Choose whichever peaches are the best – golden, white or a mix of the two.

Ingredients

4 eggs

200 gm caster sugar

60 gm brown sugar

50 gm plain flour (1/3 cup)

Finely grated rind of 1 lime, juice of ½, plus extra finely grated rind to serve

Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean

600 ml well-shaken buttermilk

50 gm butter, melted and cooled

3 peaches, thinly sliced

Icing sugar and honey, to serve

Brown-sugar pastry

150 gm plain flour (1 cup)

100 gm chilled butter, diced

60 gm brown sugar

2 egg yolks

Method

Main

1.For brown-sugar pastry, process flour, butter, sugar and a pinch of salt in a food processor to fine crumbs. Add yolks and pulse until mixture begins to clump. Turn out onto a work surface, bring together with the heel of your hand, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour to rest.

2.Roll pastry on a lightly floured surface to 3mm thick and line the base and sides of a 23cm tart tin, allowing pastry to overhang. Refrigerate to rest for 30 minutes, then trim excess pastry and blind-bake until light golden brown on the edges (12-15 minutes). Remove baking paper and weights, and bake until pastry is golden and crisp on the base (8-10 minutes). Cool completely and reduce oven to 160C.

3.Whisk eggs, sugars, flour, lime rind and juice and vanilla seeds in a bowl until smooth, then whisk in buttermilk and butter. Pour batter into pastry case and bake until set with a slight wobble in the centre (40-45 minutes). Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate to chill.

4.Arrange peach slices slightly overlapping in concentric circles to cover tart. Scatter with extra lime rind, dust with icing sugar, drizzle with honey and serve. Tart is best the day it’s made.

Styling by Emma Knowles

Styling by Geraldine Muñoz