Shortcrust Pastry Slices with Currants

Name: Shortcrust Pastry Slices with Currants
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: soft butter (for the baking sheet); 250 g puff pastry; 600 g currants; 2 tbsp Cornstarch; 2 tbsp vanilla sugar; 400 ml whipping cream; 1 vanilla bean (aroma); 50 g powdered sugar

Prep: 20min

| Servings: 1 | Cook: 30min

Shortcrust pastry slices filled with fresh currants are a delightful recipe featuring bright berry flavors. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

soft butter (for the baking sheet)
250 g puff pastry
600 g currants
2 tbsp Cornstarch
2 tbsp vanilla sugar
400 ml whipping cream
1 vanilla bean (aroma)
50 g powdered sugar

Instructions

1.
Preheat the oven to 200°C fan-forced. Butter a baking sheet.
2.
Roll out the dough as needed and lay it on the sheet, pressing up a small edge. Wash, trim, and pat the currants dry. Toss them with cornstarch and vanilla sugar, then spread over the pastry. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool.
3.
Whip the cream with vanilla bean aroma and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Just before serving, spread the cream over the tart and cut into pieces.