Fresh Fruit Tart

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.  

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.

Transfer to a 9" tart pan and let dough rest 10 min. 

Press dough into bottom and sides of pan.  

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. 

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. 

Evenly space 8 blackberries around outer edge of tart.

Arrange 8 sets of 3 peach slices to the right of each berry.  

Fill in tart with remaining berries.  

​Microwave preserves and 1 t. lime juice.  Strain through strainer.  

Dab over fruit using a pastry brush.  Refrigerate tart 30 minutes. 

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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