Crostata di crema e frutti di bosco (blackberry and strawberry pastry-cream tart)

Name: Crostata di crema e frutti di bosco (blackberry and strawberry pastry-cream tart)
Yield: 14
Ingredients: The peel from 1 lemon (if you prefer, seeds scraped from half vanilla bean or 1 teaspoons vanilla extract); 1 liter (4 cups) milk; 8 egg yolks; 200 gr. (1 cup) granulated sugar; 80 gr. (2/3 cup) flour or cornstarch, sifted > you can use a bit more (100 gr.) if you want it thicker; 250 gr. (2.5 cups) flour (all purpose or 00); 100 gr. (3/4 cup) of confectioners’ (powder) sugar; 100 gr. (7 Tbsp.) butter, cold, diced; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 4 cups berries (I used blackberries and strawberries), rinsed, dried; Confectioners’ sugar for dusting

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"A delightful and beautiful spring dessert with a light tart shell filled with a lemon pastry-cream, topped with freshed berries and dusted with confectioners’ sugar..."

INGREDIENTS

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The peel from 1 lemon (if you prefer, seeds scraped from half vanilla bean or 1 teaspoons vanilla extract)

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1 liter (4 cups) milk

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8 egg yolks

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200 gr. (1 cup) granulated sugar

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80 gr. (2/3 cup) flour or cornstarch, sifted > you can use a bit more (100 gr.) if you want it thicker

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250 gr. (2.5 cups) flour (all purpose or 00)

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100 gr. (3/4 cup) of confectioners’ (powder) sugar

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100 gr. (7 Tbsp.) butter, cold, diced

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1/2 tsp salt

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2 eggs

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4 cups berries (I used blackberries and strawberries), rinsed, dried

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Confectioners’ sugar for dusting

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