Chocolate Fruit Tart

A homemade chocolate tart crust is filled with lemon pastry cream and topped with fresh fruit to make this easy, elegant summertime dessert.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 478 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups milk
• 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 fresh peaches - peeled, pitted, and sliced
• 1 (2-inch) strip of lemon zest
• 7 pitted fresh cherries, or more to taste
• 2 large kiwis, peeled and sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt together in a bowl. Cut in 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons butter using a pastry cutter or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in egg and egg yolk until dough comes together.

Step 3

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Transfer to a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until dry to the touch, about 25 minutes.

Step 5

Meanwhile, prepare the pastry cream. Bring milk to a simmer in a medium saucepan.

Step 6

Whisk eggs, sugar, and flour together in a large bowl until smooth. Whisk in hot milk, a little at a time, until custard is smooth. Pour custard back into the saucepan; add lemon zest. Cook, whisking constantly, until pastry cream thickens and comes to a boil, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat, discard lemon zest, and let cool.

Step 7

Remove tart crust from the oven and let cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.

Step 8

Unmold crust and fill with cooled pastry cream. Pile cherries in the center. Arrange peach slices in a ring around the cherries. Arrange kiwi slices in a ring around the peaches.