Embark on a culinary journey to the heart of the French Alps with our delectable Grenoble Tart and Walnut Tart recipes. These traditional French pastries, originating from the city of Grenoble, are a symphony of flavors and textures that will tantalize your taste buds. Discover the art of creating these sweet treats, featuring a rich, buttery pastry crust filled with a luscious filling of caramelized walnuts and a hint of rum. Indulge in the classic Grenoble Tart, adorned with plump, juicy raisins soaked in rum, or delight in the simplicity of the Walnut Tart, where the nutty flavor of the walnuts takes center stage. Both recipes offer variations to suit your preferences, ensuring a delightful experience for every palate.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
WALNUT TART
Provided by Food Network
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Press store bought shells into a 9 inch tart pan. Place a sheet of parchment paper over the top. Add 2 cups of beans. Bake shell for 10 minutes, remove parchment and beans and bake another 5 minutes until set.
- Boil sugar and water until it bubbles and changes color. Scald cream in separate pan. Add the hot cream to the hot sugar mixture. Let new mixture boil a few minutes together. Wait until cool. Beat egg and yolk together and add to the cooled cream. Add melted butter and vanilla. Pour walnuts into the tart. Pour mixture over that. Bake tart at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes.
- Once cooled boil water and place metal bowl on top (creating a double boiler effect). When boiling turn off heat. Melt chocolate (heat from steam will melt chocolate) and spoon it over tart by drizzling it back and forth.
GRUYERE, SCALLION, AND WALNUT TART
This is a great combination of ingredients -- they are always available, and the tart is good hot, warm or at room temperature.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the dough, combine the dry ingredients in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse to mix. Cut butter into 12 pieces and add; pulse to mix in finely. Add egg and yolk and pulse to form a ball -- if it resists, add a teaspoon of water and continue. Form the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until needed, up to 2 days. When ready to bake the tart, preheat oven to 350 degrees and set a rack in the lowest level. On a floured surface, roll the dough and use it to line a 9 to 10-inch tart pan. For the filling, melt the butter in a small saute pan and cook the scallions for a few minutes to wilt them. Scrape onto the dough and spread evenly. Cover with the grated cheese and walnuts.
- Whisk the remaining ingredients together in a bowl and pour into the tart crust. Bake the tart for about 30 minutes, or until the filling is brown and puffed and the crust is baked through. Serve immediately or cool and serve later.
WALNUT TART
If you seek inspiration for a better pie, you need look no further than a traditional French walnut tart. It is only marginally different, but vive that difference. The reason is butter: butter in the crust and butter in the filling. Oh, and cream in the filling, too. If they had pecans in France I'm sure they would use them, as you could in this recipe.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories pies and tarts, dessert
Time 40m
Yield 8 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Tear off a piece of foil twice as large as crust. Fold it in half and smear it with butter; lay buttered side onto crust. Weight foil with a pile of dried beans or rice (these can be reused for this purpose), pie weights, or a tight-fitting ovenproof skillet or saucepan - anything that will sit flat on the surface. Bake 12 minutes, then remove foil and continue to bake at 350 degrees, until crust is a beautiful shade of brown, another few minutes. Remove and let cool on a rack while you prepare filling.
- Put sugar in a heavy 6- or 8-inch saucepan or deep skillet with a tablespoon of water and turn heat to medium. Cook, gently shaking pan occasionally, until sugar melts; then cook, stirring occasionally and scraping sides with a heat-proof flexible spatula, until mixture turns golden.
- Turn heat to low, then carefully add butter and cream. Cook, stirring constantly, until butter melts and mixture is uniform. Stir in walnuts and a large pinch of salt if you like, then spread on crust. Refrigerate for about an hour, then sprinkle with a little more salt and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 494, UnsaturatedFat 24 grams, Carbohydrate 41 grams, Fat 37 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 225 milligrams, Sugar 31 grams, TransFat 0 grams
WALNUT TOFFEE TART
I usually serve this scrumptious tart on Christmas and New Year's Day. It really showcases walnuts and is so impressive to serve. -Patricia Green, Yuba City, California
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine egg yolks and milk; stir into flour mixture until blended. With lightly floured hands, press dough onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a 12-in. tart pan with removable bottom. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Fill with pie weights. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 375° until edges are lightly browned, 12-15 minutes., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the sugar, cream, cinnamon and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in walnuts. Remove foil from crust; pour filling into crust. Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 529 calories, Fat 36g fat (16g saturated fat), Cholesterol 96mg cholesterol, Sodium 153mg sodium, Carbohydrate 48g carbohydrate (30g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
WALNUT TART
Make and share this Walnut Tart recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Tarts
Time 1h20m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For pastry: Combine flour and sugar in large bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Blend in yolks and vanilla; gather dough into a ball.
- Turn out onto lightly-floured surface.
- Using heel of hand, smear dough a little at a time across surface to blend butter and flour thoroughly.
- Flatten into disk.
- Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 390F.
- Roll dough out between sheets of wax paper to thickness of 1/8 inch.
- Fit into 11 inch tart pan and trim edges.
- Pierce shell all over with fork.
- Line with foil and fill with pie weights or dry beans.
- Bake until pastry is set, about 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350F.
- Remove pie weights and foil.
- Bake until crust is golden-brown, about 10 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 300F.
- Blend all filling ingredients.
- Pour into crust.
- Bake until filling is set and looks dry, about 35 minutes.
- Cool and decorate with walnut halves.
- This is sublime served warm with a scoop of walnut ice cream melting over top.
WALNUT CARAMEL TART
Combine crunchy nuts with caramel flavours in this open shortcrust pastry pie with a creamy, sticky filling
Provided by Mary Cadogan
Categories Dinner, Main course
Time 1h5m
Yield Cuts into 8-10 slices
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Put the flour in a food processor with the butter and sugar, and mix until it forms fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk and 1-2 tbsp cold water, and pulse to make a firm dough.
- Have ready a 24cm tart tin. Briefly knead the pastry on a lightly floured surface, then roll out to a round about 5cm larger than your tin. Lift onto the tin with the help of your rolling pin, then press into the corners using your finger. Do not trim the pastry. Fill the pastry case with a round of baking parchment and baking beans. Chill for 10 mins. Blindbake for 10 mins, remove the paper and beans, then bake for 5 mins more.
- To make the filling, put the sugar in a large pan with 3 tbsp cold water. Heat gently, stirring to dissolve the sugar. When the sugar is completely dissolved, increase heat and bubble until the syrup has turned a rich caramel colour. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter until it has dissolved, then stir in the cream. Return to the heat and boil hard, stirring until the sauce is thick enough to leave a gap on the base of the pan when you draw your spoon across it. Stir in the walnuts.
- Fill the pastry case with the nut mixture, levelling it with a fork. Return to the oven for 8-10 mins until the filling is bubbling. Cool for 10 mins before removing carefully from the tin. Serve warm or cold.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 539 calories, Fat 40 grams fat, SaturatedFat 18 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 38 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 26 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium
WALNUT TART
Meet the Cook: The first time my husband tried this, he said there ought to be a law against anything tasting so good! I've served it at picnics and family occasions...and even once at a bridal shower. It's fine either as a dessert or for breakfast. We are the parents of three grown children and grandparents of two. -Rovena Wallace, Trafford, Pennsylvania
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk. Gradually add flour just until blended (mixture will be crumbly). , Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. tart pan with removable bottom. Place pan on baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. , Sprinkle nuts over crust. In a small heavy saucepan, combine sugar, butter, corn syrup and 2 tablespoons of cream. Boil and stir over medium heat for 1 minute longer. Pour over walnuts. , Return pan to baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. , In a small bowl, beat remaining cream until stiff peaks form. Serve tart at room temperature with whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 363 calories, Fat 25g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 55mg cholesterol, Sodium 110mg sodium, Carbohydrate 32g carbohydrate (19g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients. Fresh walnuts, butter, and flour will make a big difference in the final flavor of the tart.
- Don't overmix the dough. Overmixing will make the dough tough. Mix it just until it comes together.
- Blind bake the crust. This will help to prevent it from becoming soggy. To blind bake the crust, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line the tart pan with parchment paper and fill it with pie weights or dried beans. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
- Use a variety of nuts. You can use all walnuts, or you can mix in other nuts, such as pecans, almonds, or hazelnuts.
- Don't overcook the filling. The filling should be just set, but not too firm. Overcooking will make the filling tough.
- Let the tart cool completely before serving. This will help the filling to set and the flavors to develop.
Conclusion:
Grenoble tart is a delicious and classic French dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its rich, buttery flavor and crunchy walnuts, it is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you are looking for a special treat, give this recipe a try!
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