Peach Tart with Thyme Sugar
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 55 mins
Ingredients
  • For the tart crust (makes 2 crusts)
  • 2 cups (240 g) flour
  • ¼ cup (48 g) sugar
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ pound (2 sticks or 227 g) cold unsalted butter, diced
  • 6 tablespoons (3 ounces, 90 g or 90 ml) ice water
  • For the topping:
  • 3-4 Colorado peaches, peeled and cut into thinner wedges
  • 2-3 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
  • ⅓ cup (110 g) sugar
  • thyme sprigs, for decoration
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 400 F Convection. Grease a rectangular tart pan and two small ramekins.
  2. For the pastry:
  3. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade mix together the flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter and mix until it the butter is pea sized.
  4. While the food processor is running add all the water at once and mix in. Don't over mix.
  5. Remove the dough onto a floured surface and roll it into a ball.
  6. Divide into two equal halves and flatten to a disk.
  7. Refrigerate the disk dough for at least one hour.
  8. Freeze or refrigerate the second disk dough for another occasion.
  9. Roll the dough out and arrange in your prepared baking dishes.
  10. Prebake the crust for 10-14 minutes.
  11. In the meantime, rub the thyme into the sugar, so it gets to release its oils. Set aside.
  12. Arrange the peach slices on the prebaked crusts. Sprinkle the peaches with thyme sugar to your liking.
  13. Cover the crust rims with foil to prevent them from getting to dark.
  14. Bake the tarts for another 25-30 minutes or until the peaches are baked through.
  15. Let cool before serving.
  16. Decorate with thyme sprigs.
Notes
Serve with vanilla ice cream and/or whipped cream.
Recipe by My Kitchen in the Rockies | A Denver, Colorado Food Blog at http://www.mykitchenintherockies.com/2012/07/28/peach-tart-with-thyme-sugar/