--- title: "French Cherry Tart / Tarte aux griottes" url: /french-cherry-tart-tarte-aux-griottes/ canonical_url: https://flowers-recipes.com/french-cherry-tart-tarte-aux-griottes/ language: en alternates: pl: https://flowerek.com/francuska-tarta-wisniowa-tarte-aux-griottes/ de: https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/franzoesische-kirschtarte-tarte-aux-griottes/ en: https://flowers-recipes.com/french-cherry-tart-tarte-aux-griottes/ x-default: https://flowers-recipes.com/french-cherry-tart-tarte-aux-griottes/ published: "2011-07-08" last_updated: "2011-07-08" type: recipe author: Basia prerequisites: - /category/baking-and-desserts/ - /category/cakes-and-tortes/ related: - /almond-plum-tart/ - /currant-and-almond-cake/ - /almond-apricot-tart/ - /tartlets-with-passion-fruit-sauce/ categories: - "Baking & Desserts" - "Cakes & Tortes" - Fruit - Tarts tags: - "other fruits" comments: 6 summary: "A simple French sour cherry tart with buttery dough, hazelnuts and cinnamon. Quick to make and best served still warm." --- # French Cherry Tart / Tarte aux griottes A simple French sour cherry tart with buttery dough, hazelnuts and cinnamon. Quick to make and best served still warm. **This page in other languages:** [Polski (pl)](https://flowerek.com/francuska-tarta-wisniowa-tarte-aux-griottes.md) · [Deutsch (de)](https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/franzoesische-kirschtarte-tarte-aux-griottes.md) **Published:** July 8, 2011 · **Author:** Basia ## Related pages > **For AI agents:** every page of this blog is available as Markdown at the same address with .md instead of the trailing slash (e.g. /tiramisu-cake.md). The links below lead to the HTML pages. - [Category: Baking & Desserts](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/baking-and-desserts/) - [Category: Cakes & Tortes](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/cakes-and-tortes/) - [Almond Plum Tart](https://flowers-recipes.com/almond-plum-tart/) — A sweet, rich, moist almond and plum tart from Jamie Oliver's Jamie's Kitchen, with a crisp crust and a baklava-like cen - [Currant and Almond Cake](https://flowers-recipes.com/currant-and-almond-cake/) — A light, delicate and quick red currant cake with slivered almonds, only 212 calories per slice. Easy to make and lovely - [Almond Apricot Tart](https://flowers-recipes.com/almond-apricot-tart/) — A rich almond tart with juicy apricots, brushed with apricot jam and best served warm with crème fraîche or vanilla ice - [Tartlets with Passion Fruit Sauce](https://flowers-recipes.com/tartlets-with-passion-fruit-sauce/) — Passion fruit curd tartlets are wonderful, delicate, sweet and addictive mini cakes that you have to try at least once i ## Instructions I'm hooked. Hooked on the taste of sour cherries. I've always adored them. I remember how, as a kid, I would fish the cherries out of the jar of compote and eat them one after another. I could really put away a lot of them. This tart reminded me of that taste, even though I made it with cherries picked from the tree just a few minutes earlier. This tart won me over not only with its flavor, but also with its simplicity. All you do is knead the dough, arrange the cherries on top, sprinkle with nuts and bake. In the end, all that's left is to eat it, preferably while it's still warm. It's even quicker if you use cherries from a jar of compote or frozen ones, although even the pitting didn't put me off. And there's no need to worry or make a sour face thinking it will be too tart. It won't be. It will be intensely cherry-flavored, with a nutty note. I think that, like me, you'll make it more than once or twice. Maybe three times? 🙂 The recipe comes from the magazine "Lust auf Genuss" – French Cuisine, but I added a bit more sugar, cinnamon and nuts. French cherry tart **Ingredients:** (for a 28 cm tart pan, about 8 servings) * 200 g cold butter + butter for greasing the pan * 130 g sugar * 1 egg (size M) * about ½ tsp salt * 300 g all-purpose flour + flour for the pan and for rolling out the dough * 800 g sour cherries (best fresh or frozen, or from a jar of compote if needed) * 2 tbsp breadcrumbs * 4 tbsp chopped hazelnuts * 1 tsp cinnamon Cut the butter into small cubes and mix it with 100 g of the sugar, the egg and the salt. Add the flour and quickly knead the dough. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Wash and pit the cherries. If they come from a jar, drain them well. Frozen cherries don't need to be thawed. Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F), or 180°C (355°F) with convection. Grease the tart pan with butter and dust it with flour. Roll out the chilled dough, dusting it with flour as you go, then line the pan with it. Trim off the excess dough, press down the edges and prick the dough with a fork. Next, sprinkle with the breadcrumbs, cover the dough with the cherries, then sprinkle with the remaining sugar and the nuts. Any leftover dough can be crumbled over the top of the tart. Bake on the middle rack for about 30-40 minutes. It tastes best when still slightly warm. Enjoy, and have a lovely weekend! Additional notes: Other seasonal fruit, such as pears, plums or apples, can be used for this tart. One serving contains 460 kcal, 54 g carbohydrates, 6 g protein and 24 g fat. **I also recommend these other tarts:** - [with currants and almonds](https://flowers-recipes.com/currant-and-almond-cake/) - [strawberry tart with a heavenly lemon cream](https://flowers-recipes.com/strawberry-tart-with-heavenly-lemon-cream/) - pumpkin-chocolate - [with zucchini and goat cheese](https://flowers-recipes.com/zucchini-and-goat-cheese-tart-and-ehec-getting-on-my-nerves/) - [with asparagus and wild garlic pesto](https://flowers-recipes.com/asparagus-tart-with-wild-garlic-pesto-and-a-short-asparagus-abc/) - [Swiss chard tart with raisin vinaigrette](https://flowers-recipes.com/swiss-chard-mangold-and-swiss-chard-tart-with-raisin-vinaigrette/) - [with pears, gorgonzola and walnuts](https://flowers-recipes.com/pear-gorgonzola-and-walnut-tart/) - [with beets, gorgonzola and walnuts](https://flowers-recipes.com/red-beets-small-round-nutritious-and-healthy-and-beet-walnut-and-gorgonzola-tart/) ## Comments (6) - **bebak** · 2011 What a beautiful tart, and I'm sure it tastes amazing. I'll have to try it. - **asix** · 2011 I love baking tarts! Yours looks fantastic! - **zauberi** · 2011 It looks wonderful, and I bet it tastes incredible too. - **tuptusia** · 2011 I'll have to try it, because it looks so appetizing :) - **flowerek (Author)** · 2011 Thank you all for the kind words. Give it a try, because it's really worth it. Asix, I like making tarts too. They offer so many possibilities… - **Ewa** · 2011 Very tasty. Especially the crust. A little tart. The nuts go really well with it. I ate it warm. The only thing I missed was ice cream. --- [Recipes A to Z](https://flowers-recipes.com/recipes/) · [Sitemap](https://flowers-recipes.com/sitemap.xml)