Rustic Three Cherry Tart Recipes

CHERRY TARTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add enough water until dough forms a ball. Refrigerate for 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 450°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut out eight 5-in. circles. Place each over an inverted custard cup on an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan; flute edges. , Bake 10-11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes before removing tart shells from custard cups; cool completely on wire racks., For filling, in a large saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Drain cherries, reserving 1 cup juice. Set cherries aside. Stir reserved juice into sugar mixture until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in cherries, butter, almond extract and food coloring if desired. Cool to room temperature. Spoon about 1/4 cup filling into each tart shell.

PATE BRISEE FOR THREE-CHERRY TART

Steps:

• Pulse flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor to combine. Add butter; process until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds. With machine running, add ice water in a slow, steady stream through feed tube until dough just holds together (no longer than 30 seconds).
• Shape dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate at least 1 hour (up to 2 days).

RUSTIC CHERRY TART

Steps:

• Sift flour and salt into mixing bowl. Cut in shortening, using a pastry blender or knife until mixture is the size of small peas. Sprinkle water a little at a time over mixture stirring lightly with fork until dough is just moist enough to hold together. Wrap in saran wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour. Pie dough can be made and refrigerated 2 days in advance. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix together the crumbles and set aside.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out pastry into a 14-in. circle. Transfer to a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. whisk your egg and water/milk together and set aside.
• Add the whole can of cherries and fold the edges over (about 2 1/2-3 inch, in) Once edges are made, Add Crumbles to the top of the cherries and brush the crust with egg wash, and bake at 375* for 20-25 mins
• while baking, mix together your icing, and set aside.
• Once done, remove from the oven let cool for 15-20 mins and drizzle the icing over the top and serve! Enjoy!!

RUSTIC CHERRY TART WITH RICOTTA AND ALMONDS

Steps:

• Line a large mesh colander with a triple layer of cheesecloth and place over a larger, deeper bowl. Place ricotta in colander; transfer to refrigerator. Let ricotta drain at least 2 hours and up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in lower third. Roll out dough into a 12-by-16-inch rectangle (1/8 inch thick) on a piece of parchment. Transfer dough on parchment to a baking sheet; freeze 10 minutes or chill 30 minutes. Stir together egg yolk and cream; brush on dough. Sprinkle with sanding sugar and almonds. Bake until deep golden brown, about 40 minutes. (Tent edges with foil if they begin to overbrown.) Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, toss together cherries, granulated sugar, lemon juice, and salt. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
• Just before serving, spread crust with ricotta. Top ricotta with cherry mixture, using a slotted spoon (reserve juices for serving, if desired). Sprinkle tart with lemon zest, cut into squares, and serve immediately.