Strawberry Rhubarb Cream Cheese Tarts Recipes

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line an 8-in. square baking pan with parchment, letting ends extend up sides. In a small bowl, mix flour, brown sugar and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in pecans., Press into bottom of prepared pan. Bake until edges just begin to brown, 12-15 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in milk, lemon juice, vanilla and salt. Add egg; beat on low speed just until blended. Pour over crust., Bake until filling is set, 15-20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. , For jam, in a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch. Add strawberries, rhubarb and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until mixture begins to thicken, 6-8 minutes. Cool completely. Spread over filling. Refrigerate until set, 8 hours or overnight. , Using parchment, carefully remove cheesecake from baking pan. Cut into bars for serving.

RHUBARB-STRAWBERRY TART

Steps:

• Crust: Lightly beat yolk and 2 tablespoons ice water in a small bowl until combined.
• Pulse flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 15 seconds. With machine running, add yolk mixture in a slow, steady stream. Pulse until mixture holds together; if dough is still too dry, add additional ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Shape dough into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes and up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees with racks in middle and bottom. Coat bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Let dough stand until pliable. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough slightly thicker than 1/8 inch. Cut out an 11-inch round. Fit into bottom and up sides of prepared pan. Freeze 15 minutes.
• Filling: Stir together rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, cornstarch, salt, and lemon juice in a large bowl. Pour into tart shell. Bake, with a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet on bottom rack to catch juices, until bubbling in center, about 1 hour, 15 minutes. (If browning too quickly, tent with foil during last 15 minutes.) Remove from oven. Release sides of pan immediately. Let tart cool on pan base on a wire rack before cutting into wedges and serving warm or room temperature.

RHUBARB CREAM TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Butter spingform pan, 9x3 inches, or 9-inch square pan. Mix 1 1/2 cups flour and the brown sugar in medium bowl. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until crumbly. Reserve 1/2 cup mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture on bottom and 1 1/2 inches up side of pan. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown and set.
• Beat eggs with electric mixer on high speed 1 minute until lemon colored. Beat in sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, the salt and half-and-half. Sprinkle rhubarb over warm crust. Pour egg mixture over rhubarb. Add hazelnuts to reserved crumbly mixture; sprinkle over top.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until set and knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool at least 2 hours before serving. Run metal spatula along side of tart to loosen; remove side of pan. Store covered in refrigerator.

ROASTED RHUBARB TARTS WITH STRAWBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Unfold puff pastry sheet and gently roll out with a floured rolling pin on a very lightly floured surface into a 12-inch square. Trim edges with a sharp knife, then cut pastry into 6 rectangles (about 6 by 4 inches each). Arrange rectangles 1 to 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet and prick them all over with a fork.
• Bake in middle of oven until pastry is puffed and golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool pastry on baking sheet on a rack.
• Reduce oven temperature to 375°F.
• Arrange rhubarb in 1 layer in a lightly oiled shallow 15- by 10-inch baking pan (preferably nonstick) and sift 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar evenly over it. Roast in middle of oven until tender, 15 to 25 minutes, then cool in pan on a rack.
• Make strawberry sauce and cream filling while rhubarb is roasting: Purée strawberries with syrup in a food processor, then force purée through a very fine sieve into a bowl.
• Sift 5 tablespoons confectioners sugar over crème fraîche and whisk to combine.
• Sift remaining tablespoon confectioners sugar over pastry rectangles. Make a 3-inch lengthwise trough in the center of each rectangle by gently tapping with back of a teaspoon. Divide cream filling among troughs and top with rhubarb, then drizzle with strawberry sauce.

STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB CREAM CHEESE TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in butter and shortening until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide into five portions. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of five ungreased 4-in. fluted tart pans with removable bottoms; place on a baking sheet., For cream cheese filling, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Add egg; beat on low speed just until blended. Divide evenly among pastries., For strawberry-rhubarb filling, in a large saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch. Stir in strawberries and rhubarb; bring to a boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened; spoon over cream cheese mixture. Bake 25-30 minutes or until filling is set. Cool on a wire rack 1 hour., For drizzle, in a small saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch. Whisk in cream. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat and transfer to a small bowl; stir in rum. Press waxed paper onto surface of cream mixture. Cool to room temperature., Sprinkle almonds over tarts; drizzle with cream mixture. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB TART

Steps:

• 1. Preheat to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 2. Roll pastry into a rectangle 1/8-inch thick and at least 13 by 8-inch in dimension. Cut two 13 by 3/4-inch- wide strips from dough. Trim remaining pastry into a 13 -by 5-inch rectangle and place on prepared baking sheet. Brush long edges with water and press on strips to create a border. Lightly score dough inside border. Brush top of strips with milk, do not allow drips down sides. Prick base all over with a fork.
• 3. Line dough aluminum foil extending along sides but not covering strips. Flute edges using tip of a paring knife to make small cuts an inch apart. Place pie weights on foil. Bake on middle rack of oven until set, about 15 minutes. Remove foil and weights and bake until light golden brown, about 15 minutes more. Cool on a rack.
• 4. Trim strawberries' broad tops and place trimmings in a small saucepan with rhubarb, sugar, and vanilla extract. Simmer over medium heat, stirring frequently, until fruit is thick and jam-like, about 15 minutes. Add butter and puree with an immersion blender or in a food processor until smooth. Cool. Halve remaining strawberries lengthwise.
• 5. Spread cooked rhubarb mixture in shell. Arrange strawberries, slightly overlapping, in 3 rows over filling.
• 6. For glaze: Stir jelly and hot water together. Brush over strawberries. Dust tart sides lightly with confectioners' sugar. Slice and serve with whipped cream.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE TARTS

Steps:

• Combine sugar, thawed strawberries, and any strawberry juice in a heavy pot over medium heat. Stir constantly and bring to a boil, being careful not to burn the sugar. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature, 15 to 30 minutes. Place syrup in the refrigerator to chill, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 24-cup mini muffin tins.
• Cut butter into flour until well mixed and granular. Mix in just enough water (1 tablespoon at a time) to make a dough.
• Roll dough on a floured working surface with a floured rolling pin until very thin and almost transparent. Use a large round cookie cutter to cut out circles of dough. Lightly press circles into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
• Meanwhile, beat powdered sugar, cream cheese, and whipping cream together until well mixed.
• Fill each cooled pastry crust with cream cheese filling, then drizzle with strawberry syrup and garnish with mint leaves.

COUNTRY-STYLE STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB TART

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend first 5 ingredients in processor until nuts are finely ground. Add butter; cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in enough water to form moist clumps. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill until firm, about 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Let soften slightly at room temperature before rolling.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place 9-inch-diameter tart pan bottom on baking sheet. Roll out dough on floured work surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to prepared baking sheet, centering atop tart pan bottom.
• For filling:
• Brush dough with some of egg glaze. Sprinkle hazelnuts over dough. Mix 3/4 cup sugar and next 5 ingredients in large bowl. Mound in center of dough, leaving 1 1/2-inch border over filling, pleating loosely and pinch any cracks to seal. Brush crust with remaining egg glaze. Sprinkle crust with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake tart until crust is brown and filling bubbles, about 55 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to rack and cool tart 15 minutes. Slide metal spatula under edges of tart to loosen. Transfer tart to platter. Serve warm with ice cream.

HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB TOASTER TARTS

Steps:

• For the dough: Pulse the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture looks crumbly. Drizzle in the beaten egg and pulse until the dough holds together when pinched. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons cold water and pulse until the dough just comes together. Turn out onto a clean surface and knead a few times until the dough comes together. Divide the dough into 2 mounds then roll out each mound between two sheets of parchment into a 12-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick). Wrap each round in plastic then refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, make the cheese Danish filling: Beat the cream cheese and the granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium-low speed in a medium bowl until smooth. Add the lemon zest, vanilla and salt, and mix on low speed until just combined. Set aside at room temperature until ready to assemble.
• Position the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment.
• Cut 1 round of the chilled dough into nine 3-by-4-inch rectangles. Transfer to the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 1 1/2 inches between each piece (these are the bottom crusts). Repeat the cutting with the second round of dough and set these 9 rectangles aside (these are the top crusts). Discard any scraps of dough.
• For the rhubarb filling: Toss the rhubarb and strawberry jam together in a medium bowl until combined, then divide among the bottom crusts. Do your best to spread the rhubarb mixture into an even layer, leaving a 1/4-inch border around the edges.
• Top the rhubarb filling with the cheese Danish filling (about 2 tablespoons on each bottom crust), smoothing into an even layer with a small offset spatula. Cover each bottom crust with a top crust and crimp the edges together with a fork. Freeze the tarts on the baking sheets until chilled through, about 30 minutes.
• For the egg wash: Whisk the egg with 1 teaspoon water in a small bowl until combined, then brush on the top of each tart.
• Bake the tarts until the crust has puffed and turned golden brown, rotating the baking sheets halfway through, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• For the icing and sprinkles: Whisk the confectioners' sugar and milk together in a small bowl until smooth and spreadable. Spoon the icing over each tart then sprinkle with the nonpareils as you go so they adhere before the icing sets. Let the icing set before serving, about 10 minutes.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE TART

Steps:

• For Crust: Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Place butter in mixer and beat with paddle until soft and light.
• Gradually beat in sugar.
• Beat 5-10 minutes until the mixture is very light and whitened.
• Mix flour in gradually until completely mixed. Don't over beat.
• Gather dough and wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate about 30 minutes.
• Roll out dough, place a large spring form pan upside down in the middle of the dough and cut roughly ½ inch out from pan.
• Place cookie dough inside pan and bake for 15 minutes.
• Cream Cheese Filling: With wire whisk attachment beat soften cream cheese at highest speed until completely smooth and fluffy.
• Add sugar and vanilla.
• Beat for about 5 more minutes.
• Spread filling on crust, the crust does not have to be completely cooled.
• I start the filling when I pull the crust out of the oven.
• Now cover the top with sliced strawberries.
• Do not add sugar to the strawberries because it makes it to watery.
• Chill and serve!