Old-Fashioned Currant Tart
| Yield: | 8 Servings |
| Categories: | Pies, Desserts |
| PASTRY DOUGH | ||
| 1/2 | c | Unsalted butter |
| 1/4 | c | Sugar |
| 1 | ts | Vanilla extract |
| 1 | Egg yolk | |
| 1 1/4 | c | Cake flour |
| PASTRY CREAM | ||
| 1 | c | Milk |
| 1/4 | c | Sugar |
| 3 | Egg yolks | |
| 3 | tb | Flour |
| 1 | ts | Vanilla |
| FINISHING | ||
| 3 | pt | Fresh red currants rinsed and stemmed |
| 1/2 | c | Toasted, sliced almonds |
| Confectioners' sugar | ||
| GLAZE | ||
| 1 | c | Red currant jelly |
| 2 | tb | Kirsch |
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