Apricot Orange Brunch Tart Recipes

HOMEMADE APRICOT TARTS

Steps:

• Add chopped dried apricots and enough water to come 1 inch above apricots in a saucepan. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until thickened.
• Stir in sugar, butter, nutmeg (optional), cinnamon and orange juice. Cook a bit longer, until texture is like jam.
• Stir, cool and store in refrigerator in an airtight container until ready to use.
• Add cream cheese and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer.
• Using the beater blade, combine ingredients on medium-high speed until well blended. Add vanilla, if using, and mix until incorporated. Turn mixer off, add flour and mix on low speed just until combined and a ball of dough forms. The dough should be thick.
• Form into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least one hour, or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Form dough into walnut size balls and place into a mini muffin or tart pan. Using a tart tamper dusted with flour, press down on each ball to form the tart shape.
• Fill each tart with a rounded teaspoon of filling (homemade or store-bought apricot jam). Bake for 10 minutes or until very lightly golden. Remove pan from oven and cool completely on wire racks.
• When completely cooled sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired. Store in an airtight container or freeze in freezer containers until ready to serve. Allow tarts to come to room temperature before serving for best texture.

APRICOT-ORANGE BRUNCH TART WW VALUE - 6 POINTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 10-inch nonstick tart pan with removable bottom with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. Place orange rolls in bottom of pan, spacing evenly; press rolls together to cover bottom of pan. Set icing aside.
• Brush 2 tablespoons preserves over rolls. Sprinkle 1/4 cup almonds over rolls.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese, icing, vanilla and salt with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth and creamy.
• Gently spoon filling over almonds on rolls, spreading to edge of pan and smoothing top. Cut up large fruit pieces in 1/4 cup preserves if necessary. Drop preserves in small spoonfuls randomly over filling. Swirl preserves into filling, using knife. Sprinkle 1/4 cup almonds around edge of tart.
• Place pan on cookie sheet. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until edge is golden brown and filling is set. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove side of pan; place tart on serving plate.* Refrigerate uncovered 1 hour 30 minutes or until chilled.
• To serve, cut tart into wedges, using sharp knife. Garnish serving plate with strawberries and mint leaves. Store covered in refrigerator..
• *Tart can be served warm if desired. (I did do this recipe exactly as stated; however, when I took it out of oven it was not done and had to put it back in for 15 minutes. So, make sure you check the very center of the tart before removing it).
• Weight Watchers value: 6 points per serving

APRICOT AND BERRY TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees, and have ready an ungreased 8-inch tart pan with removable bottom. In a medium bowl, toss together the apricots, berries, and 4 tablespoons sugar. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour, cornmeal, 3 tablespoons sugar, salt, butter, egg yolk, and vanilla; pulse until dough begins to come together. Press dough into tart pan; set pan on a baking sheet. Bake until golden and slightly puffy, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Using a spatula, gently flatten bottom of crust.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Arrange fruit in crust. Bake 30 minutes; sprinkle with remaining tablespoon sugar. Bake until apricots are juicy and tender, about 15 minutes more. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Remove tart from frame; serve with whipped cream, if desired.