Fresh Fruit Tart
You can use any fresh stone fruit you like, peaches, nectarines, plums and berries! You choose!
For the Crust
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sliced almonds
- 1/4-cup sugar
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons chilled whipping cream
- 1 large egg yolk
For the Filling
- 4 large ripe peaches, sliced
- 1 cup of fresh berries (of your choosing)
For the Glaze
- 1/3 cup of orange marmalade or apricot preserves
- 1-2 tablespoons of orange liquor, I use Cointreau
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Blend first four ingredients in processor until nuts are finely ground. Add butter; process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cream and yolk. Blend, using on/off turns, until dough comes together. Press over bottom and up sides of 11-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Pierce all over with fork. Chill at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
Bake crust until golden, pressing with back of fork every 5 minutes if crust bubbles, about 12 -15 minutes. Transfer crust to rack; cool. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F.
Allow the tart shell to cool completely before moving on to the next step (you can make the crust ahead of time if you’d like).
Combine sliced peaches and berries into a medium mixing bowl and let sit at room temperature for 45 minutes, or in the fridge for a couple hours. This process will awaken the extra natural sweetness in your ripe fruit. (Though this recipe doesn’t call for sugar, you are welcome to add a couple tablespoons of sugar to reach your desired sweetness – but if the fruit is ripe enough, they should do all the work for you!)
In a medium glass mixing bowl heat the marmalade for 45 seconds. Add liquor to the warm marmalade and stir together until well blended, forming a glaze.
Once the tart shell is completely cooled, plate the tart shell. Pour the fruit into the shell and drizzle with the glaze.
Recipes complementary from Chef Jodi Abel, cookbook author, chef and owner of LaJollaCooks4U.
Lajollacooks4u is a unique cooking event company and specializes in team building cooking programs and special events cooking parties. Chef Jodi has California Cuisine recently released virtual cooking programs and
Chef Jodi specializes in California cuisine and likes to use what is fresh and in season seasons and grown locally. She is a big fan of our farm boxes. For more information on her California Cuisine Cookbook, cooking programs and recipes please visit her website www.lajollacooks4u.com.