Tart
A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard. Tartlet refers to a miniature tart.
The categories of 'tart', 'flan', and 'pie' overlap, with no sharp distinctions, though 'pie' is the more common term in the United States.[1]
Early medieval tarts generally had meat fillings, but later ones were often based on fruit and custard.[1]
Tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart, of apples, other fruit, or onions.
Savoury tarts include quiche, a family of savoury tarts with a mostly custard filling; German zwiebelkuchen 'onion tart', and Swiss cheese tart made from Gruyere.
A tart can also be term for a prostitute or promiscous women.[2]
[edit] See also
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- Bakewell tart
- Butter tart
- Custard tart
- Egg tart
- Gypsy tart
- Manchester tart
- Neenish tart
- Treacle tart
[edit] References
- ^ a b Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, s.v. 'tart'
- ^ "tart - definition of tart by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia". Thefreedictionary.com. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tart. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
