Rhubarb Marzipan Galette

Every springtime I get super excited about rhubarb. The delicate pink stalks pack a sour punch, so they are fantastic in custard tarts. I make a classic rhubarb tart every springtime, but I was looking for a quicker and less labour-intensive tart this year. So I came up with this rhubarb galette: buttery puff pastry topped with a ‘cheat’s frangipane’ (made from marzipan and egg) and rhubarb sticks. Make sure to dust the tart generously with icing sugar before serving, in order to counterbalance the rhubarb’s soureness.

This recipe was created as part of my “Recipes for Staying Home” show, you can watch the episode here.

This is a recipe from my cookbook ‘Flavours of Home’.

Ingredients

200g marzipan
15g butter, soft
1 tbsp sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp flour
a pinch of salt
1 x 280g all-butter puff pastry
700g stalks of fresh rhubarb*
1 tbsp milk, for brushing
1 tbsp brown sugar
icing sugar, to serve

Method

Makes 1 tart

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Grate the marzipan and put in a bowl with the butter, sugar, egg, flour and a pinch of salt. Mix to get a smooth frangipane.

Wash the rhubarb and cut into 6cm long slices.

Roll out the puff pastry, prick the base with a fork a few times and make a light incision along the edges, about 1 cm from the edge to mark the border.

Spread the marzipan mix all over the pastry up to the border.

Arrange the rhubarb slices in a zig-zag pattern on the pastry.

Brush the exposed border with a bit of milk, then sprinkle with a bit of brown sugar.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

Dust generously with icing sugar before serving.

*best choose rhubarb stalks with a similar thickness, as it will make a more even pattern.

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