![]() As of last week, their results are in:įirst place – Gérard Mulot in the 6th arrondissement ![]() But they managed to ‘test the tarts,’ judging them in a blind tasting on four categories: 1) Overall presentation, 2) quality of the strawberries, 3) balance amongst the pastry, cream and fruit, and 4) comparison of the quality to the price. So Le Figaro’s informal tasting team had a challenging task on its hands as it tried to determine this year’s best strawberry tart. The “filling” varies as well and strawberries no longer have to whole but are often cut into halves or even quarters for their tart’s particular artistic presentation. You can still find these traditional tarts at many pastry shops in France:īut in the spirit of creativity, many pastry artisans today have come up with their own strawberry tart model, whether round, triangular or square. To show the strawberries to their best advantage, they would be brushed with a light berry glaze. The base of shortbread pastry was covered with vanilla cream and topped with whole strawberries, arranged like a small mountain. But it’s difficult to know today what qualifies as “best” since no there’s no set formula for making a French strawberry tartelette.įor a long time, the typical individual strawberry tart available in French pastry shops was round in shape and about three inches in diameter. ![]() Whether enjoying their own homemade strawberry tarts or ones created in a pastry shop, the French are picky about what makes a good tarte aux fraises (pronounced ‘tart oh frehz’ in English). ![]() And too, for many French, the tarts’ visual presence after their long winter absence marks two of the great things in life–beautiful summer weather as well as cherished outdoor meals with family. Why strawberry tarts one might ask? Well, the paper hailed the return of individual strawberry tarts in pastry shop windows as ‘one of spring’s greatest pleasures’ in France. To celebrate the arrival of this year’s warm weather, the French newspaper Le Figaro just published the results of its “Test des Meilleures Tartes aux Fraises” (the best Strawberry Tart competition) in Paris. ![]()
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