a stylish berry tart recipe for bastille day

by Sharon Santoni

There has been quite the excitement over here with winning the semi-finals last night in the World Cup and now this weekend with Bastille Day, or la fête nationale de quatorze juillet, on Saturday, and the World Cup Finals on Sunday. In celebration, we have been creating beautiful little tarts with berries from the market and fresh currants from the garden. Inside is a little surprise: a dollop of lemon curd. This is a perfect Bastille Day berry tart recipe.

A Stylish Berry Tart Recipe for Bastille Day

To make these berry tarts, you will need a selection of berries, whipped cream for on top, lemon curd, and a cookie for the base. We used homemade Sablés Bretons, a butter cookie from the Brittany region, where salted butter is king. To make the cookies, whip together 100g of granulated sugar and 3 egg yolks in a mixer with the whisk attachment until the mixture is lighter in color and thicker. Add 125g of cubed room temperature butter and beat with the paddle attachment until it is incorporated. You can use salted butter, this is traditionally how they are made. If you do, then do not add the salt in this next step. En suite, mix in 200g of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, and a pinch of salt. The dough will be very soft because of the amount of butter. You will need to chill it for at least 30 minutes to an hour. Then roll out to about 2mm in thickness and cut circles of your desired size. I used little tart rings to cut the circles and then baked them inside of the rings, but that isn’t necessary. Bake at 175C or 350F for 15 to 20 minutes.

A Stylish Berry Tart Recipe for Bastille Day

A Stylish Berry Tart Recipe for Bastille Day

To assemble, add a large dollop of lemon curd in the middle of the cookie. Press the berries around the lemon curd to make it a wonderful little surprise for your guests, and then pipe a swirl of whipped cream on top, just like if you were icing cupcakes. I then added a string of currants and some fresh lavender blooms for decoration.

A Stylish Berry Tart Recipe for Bastille Day

Bonne Fête Nationale!

16 comments

Lisa D. July 11, 2018 - 6:08 pm

Merci Sharon, and vive la France!

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Alice Genzlinger July 11, 2018 - 6:43 pm

Congratulations on the win and best wishes for the Sunday game.

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Regina Drover July 11, 2018 - 8:42 pm

Thank you for the recipe.
I’m looking forward to making it. I love the French currants.
Rooting for France in the final.
Go France Go.

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Regina Drover July 11, 2018 - 8:42 pm

Thank you for the recipe.
I’m looking forward to making it. I love the fresh currants.
Rooting for France in the final.
Go France Go.

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Molly July 13, 2018 - 11:43 am

Hi Regina, We are so excited too! Rooting for France (of course!). I hope you enjoy making the recipe. All the best, Molly @ MFCH

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Taste of France July 11, 2018 - 9:40 pm

They’re so cute! Sometimes it’s nice to make desserts where each serving is separate, rather than having a big piece that you cut. By the last piece, some can look a bit ragged.
Allez les Bleus!!!!

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Molly July 13, 2018 - 11:45 am

We completely agree with you. For a dinner party single serving can work really well, especially when they can be made in advance. Molly @ MFCH

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Colleen Taylor July 12, 2018 - 1:57 am

All of your recipes are always a hit with me Sharon. Thank you for this delicious & beautiful tart recipe. Rooting for France in the final here as well. X

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Emm July 12, 2018 - 4:41 pm

Oh, what a weekend to be in France!
Allez les Bleus!

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Carolyn July 12, 2018 - 4:52 pm

Beautiful tart. Red currents in season here in Vancouver right now as well as other lovely fruit.
Bastille Day and World Cup final all the same weekend – Wow!

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Marilyn Jarczak July 12, 2018 - 5:53 pm

Is there any way to make a print friendly copy or am I not seeing it? THANK YOU EVERYTHING LOOKS DELICIOUS!
Marilyn

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Molly July 13, 2018 - 11:42 am

Hi Marilyn, We don’t have a print-friendly option but what I would suggest is copying the text you would like to print and pasting it into Word. Happy Baking! Molly @ MFCH

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Marcella L Raykowski July 29, 2018 - 9:31 pm

That’s what I do with a lot of recipes. I copy & paste them into Word then try to get it all on one page. I take out some words and reduce the pictures, etc.

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Molly @ MFCH July 30, 2018 - 10:24 am

Sounds like the perfect plan 🙂 Happy Baking!

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Cindy Stierhoff July 13, 2018 - 1:04 am

Just received your signed book, My French Country Home, your were in a shop in Sonoma and I couldn’t be there, so was especially pleased to see they had you sign it as I asked, To Cindy, a French Girl at Heart❤️

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Deanna July 14, 2018 - 10:06 pm

Lovely ,

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