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Fresh Fruit Tart

7/4/2017

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Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy Birthday America!!   It's a beautiful morning in Georgia and after all the rainy days we've had - I'm soaking in all of the sunshine that I can today.  How about you?  How are you celebrating the 4th of July?  A cookout, floating around the pool, fireworks?  With any luck - I'll manage to work in all 3 of those things into my day.  

If your 4th of July celebration happens to include food - let me recommend this Fresh Fruit Tart.  It is just about the most perfect summer sweet treat.  It's the perfect combination of light and fruity and crunchy and tart.  
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Fresh Fruit Tart
Crust
1 1/3 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
10 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons water

Tart
1/3 cup white baking chips
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
juice from 2 limes
pinch salt
6 ounces marscarpone cheese
2 ripe peaches, cut into 24 1/4" slices
4 cups raspberries, blackberries and blueberries
​1/3 cup apricot preserves

Whisk together flour, sugar and salt.  
Brown butter in skillet and add water.  Add to flour mixture.
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Transfer to a 9" tart pan and let dough rest 10 min. 
Press dough into bottom and sides of pan.  
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Place pan on foil lined baking sheet and bake 25 minutes at 350.  Let cool 1 hour.  
Microwave baking chips, cream, lime zest and salt stirring every 10 minutes until melted. 
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Whisk in 1/3 of marscarpone, 6 t. lime juice and then remaining marscarpone.  
Transfer filling to tart shell and spread into an even layer. 
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Evenly space 8 blackberries around outer edge of tart.
Arrange 8 sets of 3 peach slices to the right of each berry.  
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Fill in tart with remaining berries.  
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​Microwave preserves and 1 t. lime juice.  Strain through strainer.  
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Dab over fruit using a pastry brush.  Refrigerate tart 30 minutes. 
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Remove tart from pan and let sit 15 minutes before slicing into wedges.  
We had one of these last week to celebrate Ben's birthday.  It was such a treat.  Honestly, when you live in a house full of cakes and cupcakes - any dessert OTHER than cake is a welcome treat.  I thought it made a perfect birthday "sweet" and even though I forgot to take a picture - it looked even prettier with candles.  

​Ciao!
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Michelle link
1/14/2022 07:21:05 am

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