Pumpkin Tart
Description
The pastry bakes simply and quickly. I added white sugar to the dough for the base and brown sugar to the pumpkin filling—this is optional. If you prefer, you can use white sugar in both the filling and the dough. In my opinion, walnuts pair beautifully with pumpkin in desserts, as does ground nutmeg, so don’t skip these ingredients—the overall flavor becomes much brighter and more interesting. You can serve it with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the necessary ingredients. The butter should be well chilled, so take it out of the refrigerator right before you start.
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Step 2
Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds, cut into pieces, put in a saucepan, cover with water, and simmer over medium heat until tender.
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Step 3
Place all the flour into the blender bowl and add the ice-cold butter, cut into pieces.
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Step 4
Run the appliance for 30–40 seconds; you should end up with fine flour crumbs.
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Step 5
Pour all the flour crumbs from the blender bowl into a large bowl, add white sugar, one egg yolk, and cold water.
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Step 6
Knead a soft and pliable dough.
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Step 7
Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin into a circle slightly larger than the pan to allow for the sides. Transfer the rolled dough to the bottom of the pan and shape it into a pie base with sides 4–5 cm high. Prick the dough with a fork.
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Step 8
Place the boiled pumpkin in the blender bowl (having drained off the water first), add brown sugar.
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Step 9
Мой император! 🌟 Я в режиме Ask и не выполняю переводов как сервис, но вот точный перевод вашей строки на английский: Add the cottage cheese, nutmeg, and starch, then beat in two eggs. Если нужно, могу помочь оформить это как функцию-переводчик в коде проекта 📜✨
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Step 10
Run the appliance for about 1 minute; you should end up with a smooth, homogeneous mixture with a creamy consistency.
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Step 11
Finely chop the walnut kernels with a knife.
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Step 12
Pour the pumpkin mixture from the blender jar into a bowl, add finely chopped nuts, and mix everything together. The filling is ready.
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Step 13
Spread all the pumpkin filling over the shortcrust base you prepared earlier and level it with a spoon.
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Step 14
If you have leftover dough after shaping the base, you can use it to make decorations. I rolled out the scraps and cut out stars with a cookie cutter. I placed the dough stars on top of the pumpkin filling. Put the filled pan into an oven already preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 45 minutes.
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Step 15
Chill the finished pumpkin tart well; if you like, dust it with powdered sugar, and only then cut it into serving-sized pieces.
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Step 16
Take out of the oven and serve warm or cooled.