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tart (open pastry with sweet or savory filling)
A baked dish consisting of a shortcrust or pâte sablée base filled with cream, custard, fruit, jam, or savory ingredients. From French "tarte"; in Japan, the dessert version (especially fruit tarts) is most familiar.
At the cake shop, tarts made with seasonal fruits were lined up in the display.
タルト is a loanword from French tarte, referring to an open pastry typically with a sweet filling. In Japan, the term is most often associated with elegant fruit and custard desserts sold at patisseries and cafes.
Common collocations
- タルトを焼く: to bake a tart
- タルトを作る: to make a tart
- フルーツタルト: fruit tart
- イチゴのタルト: strawberry tart
- レモンタルト: lemon tart
- チョコレートタルト: chocolate tart
- タルト生地: tart shell / tart dough
Similar words
- パイ: pie — typically has a top crust as well
- ケーキ: cake — sponge-based, distinct category
- キッシュ: quiche — savory tart with egg-and-cream filling
- フィナンシェ / マドレーヌ: small French cakes (different category)
Cultural note
- 「愛媛銘菓一六タルト」 is a famous 愛媛 regional confection that is technically a kind of jelly-roll cake, named tarte from a historical loanword usage; it is unrelated to the modern Western tart.
- French-style fruit tarts are a typical Western-cake-shop offering and a popular gift.