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Pine nut tart

Pine nut tart

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Lemon cream tart, topped with golden, oven-baked pine nuts, served on a sugar pastry base.

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Recipe from Brunodesacacias~frwikibooks, Angeldream, Pythie and 8 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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A lemon-scented pastry cream, poured over a sugar pastry base and sprinkled with toasted pine nuts. A simple dessert that requires close attention towards the end of cooking to ensure the pine nuts brown without burning.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time50 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$6.45 $0.81 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.28
  • $0.97
  • $0.17
  • $0.28
  • $1.29
  • $0.14
  • $0.05
  • $3.27

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Grease a tart tin and line it with parchment paper, then fill it with the sugar pastry.
  2. In a saucepan, bring the milk, cream, vanilla sugar, and lemon zest to a boil.
  3. While doing this, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar, then gradually add the flour. Pour in the boiling milk while mixing.
  4. Turn the pot upside down and heat over low heat until it boils. Cook for a few minutes, then remove from the heat and let it cool slightly.
  5. Pour: Pour, spread the cream evenly over the tart crust and sprinkle with pine nuts. ≈ 2 min
  6. Bake for 50 minutes, checking frequently to ensure the nuts don’t burn.

The bill

Pine nut tart

  • 300 ml of whole milk$0.28
  • 200 ml of heavy cream$0.97
  • 2 tablespoons of vanilla sugar$0.17
  • the zest of an untreated lemon$0.28
  • 4 egg yolks$1.29
  • 120 grams of sugar$0.14
  • 40 g of flour$0.05
  • 100 g of pine nuts$3.27

Total$6.45

that's $0.81 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 1 roll of sugar pastry
  • 300 ml of whole milk
  • 200 ml of heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons of vanilla sugar
  • the zest of an untreated lemon
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 120 grams of sugar
  • 40 g of flour
  • 100 g of pine nuts

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