Summer tart

With Summer well on its way we are set for loads of fruit.I love fruit and Im always trying to find ways of including it in my cuisine.This recipe is very easy once you have made the pastry.The only way to get good at making pastry is to make it.So be brave and give it a try.

 Pastry Ingredients
• 500g Flour,
• 100g icing
• 250g g butter, cut into small cubes
• 2 eggs, beaten
• a drop of milk

Sieve the flour into your mixing bowl and sieve the icing sugar over the top. Work the cubes of butter into the flour and sugar by rubbing your thumbs against your fingers until you end up with a fine, crumbly mixture.
Add the eggs and milk to the mixture and gently work it together till you have a ball of dough.
 Shape to a flat round and put it into the fridge to rest for at least half an hour.
Don’t knead it too much or the heat from your hands will melt the butter,the helps make a  flaky pastry.

Filling 

• 175g good lemon curd
• 250g mascarpone
•  500g strawberries or other fruits

Mix together the lemon curd and mascarpone until a smooth and uniform off-white, then pile into the tart case, spreading it out to cover the base. Hull and halve the strawberries, and arrange on top You want the whole tart to be covered.