Delicious Fruit Tart

I have always wanted to make a fruit tart.  They look so beautiful with the colorful fruits on top.  The other day I saw a recipe for a fruit tart on the Internet.  The pictures were so appealing that I just had to make it.  I decided to convert the recipe into one that could be made from my food storage.  Actually, the use of food storage ingredients makes it really fast to make and very convenient.  Not only that, but using my food storage ingredients in this way helps me to rotate my ingredients, preventing them from getting too old.  Here is a picture of the fruit tart I made and the recipe:

Delicious Fruit Tart

Crust

1 ½ C. flour

1/8 tsp. salt

¼ C. granulated sugar

1 T. egg powder

½ C. butter, softened

2 T. water

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Spray a tart pan with non-stick spray.  Mix all dry ingredients listed above together in a mixing bowl.  Thoroughly mix butter into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender or your hands.  Add water and knead the mixture together until it forms a ball of dough and is smooth in texture.  Using your fingers, press the dough out evenly over the bottom and sides of the tart pan.  Prick with a fork to prevent bubbling.  Bake for 5 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 15 minutes.  Crust should be golden brown.  Remove from oven and cool completely on a rack.

Cream Filling

¼ C. powdered milk

3 T. egg powder

¼ C. granulated sugar

2 T. flour

2 T. cornstarch

1 C. + 7 T. water

1 tsp. vanilla

Add all dry ingredients to a saucepan and mix well.  Gradually whisk in water.  Heat mixture over medium heat until it thickens, whisking continually for the whole time.  (Note:  when mixture starts to thicken, the mixture will start to look like it is forming lumps.  Just continue to whisk rapidly and the lumps will easily go away.  It may be helpful to remove the pan from the heat for a few seconds at that time and then put it back on the heat until it is completely thickened.)  Cook and whisk for a minute longer after the mixture has thickened. Whisk in the vanilla.  If you feel that the mixture is too thick, you can add another Tablespoon of water at this time and whisk it in well.  Put about 1 ½ inches of cold water into the sink.  Place the saucepan into the sink and stir the cream filling until it is completely cool.  Spread the filling over the crust.

Fruit Topping

You can use whatever fruit you choose.  I chose to use freeze-dried strawberries because of their beautiful red color and for the second fruit; I was going to use freeze-dried Mangos also for their color. However, we had fresh blue berries in the refrigerator and they are my husband’s favorite.

This is the basic recipe for the fruit topping made from freeze-dried fruit.  If you use two different fruits to decorate your tart, you need to make the following recipe with one fruit and cut the recipe in half to make the second fruit sauce.

2 C. freeze-dried fruit (I used strawberries)

1 C. water

1/8 tsp. lemon juice

1 to 1 ½ T. sugar

¾ tsp. cornstarch mixed with 1 T. water

Place freeze-dried fruit, water, lemon juice and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.  Bring to a slow boil and let the mixture cook for a few minutes while stirring constantly.  The fruit will rehydrate and the mixture will thicken slightly.  Remove from heat and let cool until the mixture is no longer boiling.  Stir in water and cornstarch mixture until blended well.  Put saucepan back on the heat until the mixture thickens.  Cool completely.

Spoon cooled fruit toppings over the cream filling and arrange in concentric circles.  Refrigerate fruit tart for 1 hour.  Enjoy!

This recipe was adapted from the recipe titled Fruit Tart Tested Recipe at: www.joyofbaking.com/FruitTart.html

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