Fig And Cream Cheese Tart Recipes

FIG, CREAM CHEESE AND MINT TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Roll out the pastry on a floured counter to the thickness of a 1-cent piece and use it to carefully line the pan. Homemade pastry is short and so will be quite crumbly. Don't be alarmed by this, you can patch it together in the pan. Take a small ball of the pastry (the size of a nickel) and use it to gently ease the dough down into the pan. Press the handle of a wooden spoon against the pastry all round the edges to coax it into the fluted grooves. Trim off the excess around the top and run a thin knife around between the pastry and the edge of the pan to loosen. Put in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes, or until firm.
• Remove the tart from the refrigerator. Take a piece of parchment paper slightly larger than the pan and scrunch it up, then unscrunch it and line the pan with it. Fill it with pie weights or dried beans and "blind bake" in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the pastry feels sandy to the touch. Remove the paper and bake for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
• For the filling, put the cream in a bowl and whip until beginning to thicken, then fold it into the cream cheese and mix with the honey and Marsala, if using. Put the filling in the tart case, then arrange the figs on top and scatter over the nuts and mint. Serve with a sweet wine such as Asti.
• Figs and mint are delicious, so sprinkling some torn mint leaves over the tart works really well. This tart is best eaten on the day it is made.

FIG AND CREAM CHEESE TART

Steps:

• Start by making the dough. Mix the flour, almond flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.
• Add the butter and egg. Mix with your hands until you obtain a smooth mixture.
• Cover the bowl with foil and refrigerate for the next 30 minutes.
• Take out the dough and evenly spread it on the bottom of a 10 inches (25 cm) round tray.
• Pinch the dough with a fork and slide it into the oven for the next 30 minutes at 360 degrees F/180 degrees C.
• Next, grab a large bowl and mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and honey.
• Evenly spread the mixture over the crust. Top it with the quartered figs. Additionally, you can add some more honey and crumbled pistachio.
• Refrigerate for 3 hours.