Sunday, July 19, 2009

Sunday Summer Tarts with Carrie!

Tonight Carrie and I made these amazing tarts! They are very easy to make and are so pretty!


Here is the recipe:

All American Summer Tarts

Ingredients:
1 recipe basic pie dough
4 c. chopped ripe strawberries
1 c. fresh ripe blackberries
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp lime zest
1 Tbsp orange juice
1 Tbsp butter
1 egg, beaten

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment.
-In large bowl, combine strawberries, blackberries, sugar, lime zest,
orange juice.
-Toss to combine and set aside.
-Divide dough into 6 equal pieces.
-Roll each piece into 7-8 inch circles.
-Place each circle onto a lined baking sheet.
-Place 1/6 of berry mixture into center of dough.
-Fold up sides of dough around filling.
-Repeat with remaining dough rounds and filling.
-Cut butter into very small pieces and place three small pieces on top
of each tart’s filling.
-Brush sides of pastry with beaten egg and place baking sheets into oven.
-Bake until sides are golden brown and filling is bubbling, about 30 minutes.
-Remove from oven and let cool completely.
-If making ahead, store in airtight container up to 24 hours in advance.
-Serve with scoop of ice cream.

Serves 6

Note: We added peaches and blueberries plus orange zest.

Here are a couple more pics of the process:)








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