Beautifully Easy Fruit Tart Recipes

BEAUTIFULLY EASY FRUIT TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to 11-inch square. Place on baking sheet. Fold over edges of pastry to form 1/2-inch rim. Prick pastry sheet with fork. Bake 10-15 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Cool completely. Place on serving tray.
• Add milk to dry pudding mix in large bowl. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Gently stir in whipped topping. Spread onto center of pastry.
• Arrange fruit in rows over pudding mixture. Mix jam and water; brush over fruit. Drizzle with melted chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is firm Serve immediatelyl, or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• SUBSTITUTE: Substitute Kraft Pure Orange Marmalade for the apricot jam.
• HOW TO DRIZZLE CHOCOLATE: Dip a large spoon in the bowl of melted chocolate., Quickly move the spoon back and forth over the tart, letting the chocolate fall in thin ribbons from the end of the spoon. Repeat until all of the chocolate is used.

EASY FRUIT TART RECIPE

Steps:

• Make the crust: stir together the graham cracker crumbs with the melted butter and sugar. I like stirring with a fork so it's nice and sandy. Pour mixture into a 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Press into the bottom and up the sides, chill until ready to fill.
• Make the filing: add heavy whipping cream to a large bowl and beat with a hand or a stand mixer until stiff peaks form. Refrigerate while making filling.
• Add cream cheese, sugar and vanilla to another large bowl. Mix using a hand or a stand mixer until smooth and creamy.
• Add whipped cream to the cream cheese mixture and use a spatula to fold it in. This will take a while, fold it gently being careful not to break the whipped cream. Do not stir or beat, fold it carefully.
• Press filling into prepared crust. Chill while preparing fruit. Don't top with fruit until within a few hours of serving.
• Slice fruit and arrange on top of cheesecake. Add the jam to a small bowl and microwave until smooth, about 30 seconds, then stir in the lime juice or water. Use a pastry brush to brush the glaze over the fruit to make it shiny.
• Serve chilled within one day. You can make the cheesecake up to 24 hours ahead, just don't top it until the day of serving.

EASY FRUIT TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Put pie crust flat on cookie sheet and fold the edge over 1/2 inch.
• Bake pie crust 10-12 minutes until golden.
• Cool.
• Meanwhile, mix cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth and well blended.
• Blend in vanilla.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over crust to within 1/2 inch of the edge.
• Arrange fruit over cream cheese attractively.
• Dip bananas, peaches and nectarines in lemon juice to prevent browning.