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Puff pastry fruit tart

Half the puff pastry lines a tin, which is filled in layers with berries or fruit and sugar mixed with potato flour, topped with a lid or lattice of pastry strips and baked golden. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 560.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 560 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Puff pastry was an established dough in the book, and here it is used for a simple tart with berries or fruit in season.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Roll out the base

    Roll out half of the puff pastry and lay it in a tin so that the base and sides are covered.

  2. 2

    Make the filling

    Stir the sugar and potato flour together. Layer berries or fruit in the tin, with the sugar mixture between the layers.

  3. 3

    Add the lid

    Roll out the rest of the pastry and lay it over as a lid, or cut it into strips and lay them crosswise over the berries.

  4. 4

    Bake

    Bake in a hot oven until the pastry is golden brown and crisp.

Changes from the original

The amount of pastry is given as pastry made with ¼ kg butter. 'Hot oven' is kept without a temperature, since the text gives none.

Time machine – what changed?

Pick two editions and see what Henriette Schønberg Erken added, removed or changed between them.

1949 (proofread, p. 560) → Modernised~69% of the text changedremovedadded
Butterdeig butterdeig (laget av ¼ kg. smør 250 g smør). bær eller frukt 1½ dcl. (etter behov). 1,5 dl sukker (rørt sammen med melet). 1 spiseskje potetmel. Halvparten ss potetmel (rørt sammen med sukkeret). Kjevle ut halvparten av butterdeigen kjevles ut, legges og legg den i en form så slik at bunn og sider dekkes; dekkes.. Rør sukker og potetmel sammen. Legg bær legges eller frukt lagvis i formen, med mel og sukker som er rørt sammen. Resten sukkerblandingen mellom lagene.. Kjevle ut resten av deigen kjevles ut og legges legg den over som lokk lokk, eller skjæres skjær den i strimler som legges korsvis over bærene. Stekes bærene.. Stek i varm ovn til butterdeigen er gulbrun og sprø.

Note on Modernised

Mengden butterdeig er oppgitt som deig av ¼ kg smør. «Varm ovn» er beholdt uten temperatur, siden teksten ikke oppgir noen.

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Frequently asked questions

Why potato flour?
It is stirred with the sugar and put between the layers of berries; the recipe says no more about its purpose.
How can the top be made?
As a whole rolled-out lid, or as strips laid crosswise over the berries.
When is it done?
When the puff pastry is golden brown and crisp.

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