Yesterday was a day when some relatives came over to my house. I wanted to make a passionfruit tart this weekend so I thought why not make it sooner so everyone can enjoy it. I got the recipe from Pinterest here. I had saved it to be baked sometime in the near future.
We had lots of passionfruit from our trip to Melaka. My grandfather grows passionfruit in his fruit farm and we brought back a bucketload! How awesome is that? I had made some passionfruit drinks. Basically passionfruit with soda or water. I figured I could make other things too. Like sorbet, pudding, passionfruit cheese bars... So many things! Passionfruit tart is nice so I made that. I was not dissapointed. It turned out like I expected, though it bubbled over the edge of the pan and I spilt some out of the pie so it mushed up the edges. But everyone liked it and it was yummy so that is all that
matters.
So I followed the recipe exactly. You can see it where I linked it above. I did everything according to the recipe from the pastry to the filling.
First I made the pastry where I added flour, sugar, egg yolk and butter. I rolled it into a ball and kept it in the fridge overnight. Then the next day my mom helped me roll out the pastry into a sheet and transferred it to the tart pan, cutting off the edges. The pastry is quite soft and has to be handled carefully, but once baked it was flaky and nice. I baked it for 25 minutes, skipping the step where it had to be blind baked. This was the only change I made to the recipe... So okay I didn't follow the recipe exactly.
So the filling was awesome as well. It has sugar, 5 eggs, passionfruit pulp, lemon juice and heavy cream. It is all whisked together and heated up in a saucepan before pouring into the baked tart shell. It is so simple.
After pouring into the pie crust, I baked it for 25 minutes. After it was ready it gave the kitchen a great baking aroma. The guests all admired it though I had to let it cool and set on the counter. I should have refridgerated it so it would cool down quicker. It turned out to be eaten after dinner.
Everyone enjoyed it, and there are just a few slices left which we will savour slowly. It was a light dessert and we ate it with a dollop of ice cream. So nice and refreshing. I only wished it were a bit more acidic, which may not suit everyone. If I make it again I will put less cream and more passionfruit pulp!
It was an easy and delicious dessert. I wished I hadn't spilled it over the sides but otherwise it was a success! I will be doing more baking, cooking and eating soon! Thanks for reading!
Labels: baking, desserts, fruit, pie, tea time
