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Direct to you from a little French pastry shop, or straight from your own kitchen? Yep, you’ll feel like an artist right at home. These simple fresh fruit tarts are easy to make and will add a splash of color and class to any gathering.
What size do you like?
They’re so much fun, and you can make them in less than an hour! This recipe will make 36 tartlets, 12 medium sized tarts or one full-size fresh fruit tart.
Tart shells
In these pictures we’re using 36 small tart pans. Our easy 4-ingredient pastry dough is much like a sugar cookie without any leavening. No need to grease the pans or fuss. The tarts will pop right out after a few minutes cooling time. Just form small balls of dough (or use a cookie scoop) and press them into the tart pans. You could also use mini muffin pans. Tartlet pans like these are available on Amazon.
Yummy Pastry Cream
Our vanilla custard is another easy make. We use vanilla cook and serve pudding like Jell-O brand. In our opinion, cook and serve pudding has a much better taste than instant pudding, so make sure you try it. Half and Half replaces the milk in this mixture, (we reduce the liquid), then add a bit of vanilla. It’s the perfect base for our delicate pastries!
Choose fruit for color and flavor
Choose any fruit you like. We love the color combination of strawberries and or raspberries, blueberries, kiwis or green grapes, and mandarin orange slices. Thinly slice the fruit and dry it well before adding atop the custard. This is where your inner artist can shine through. There are so many ways you can arrange the fruit.
The magic
Finally, we like brush a glaze over the top of the fruit. It gives it some extra shine and a professional gloss that says “eat me!”
Try putting like colors together in individual tarts, or go for a combo fruit cocktail look! Any way you arrange them, these fresh fruit tarts will be charming. Let us know if you try them!
Enjoy!
Dianna
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Fresh Fruit Tarts
Tart shells filled with vanilla custard and glazed fresh fruit.
Ingredients
FRESH FRUIT TARTS
- Select a variety of fresh fruit to give an array of colors. We like strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, kiwi, green grapes, peaches and mandarin oranges best. There are other fruit that will work well also.
Fruit
- 16 ounce basket strawberries
- 6 ounce container raspberries
- 6 ounce container blueberries
- 2 kiwis, peeled, halved, and thinly sliced.
- 1 small can mandarin orange slices, drained
- NOTE: You’ll probably have leftover strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.
TART SHELLS
- 1 cup butter (2 cubes)
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 1/3 cup flour
EASY Vanilla CUSTARD
- 1 package (4.6 ounces) vanilla cook and serve pudding
- 1 ¾ cups half and half
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
FRUIT GLAZE
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
SHORT CUT FRUIT GLAZE
- 1 cup jelly or jam (we like apricot jam or apple jelly best)
- 2-3 Tablespoons water
Instructions
FRUIT
1. Wash, and thoroughly dry fruit.
2. Thinly slice fruit and leave on paper towel to drain until ready to assemble.
TART SHELLS
1. Beat butter and sugar together until fluffy.
2. Add egg and beat well.
3. Slowly add flour and incorporate into dough just until flour disappears.
4. Form small balls of dough and press into tart pans or mini muffin pans. (Do not prick.)
5. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-12 minutes or until tart shells are slightly golden.
6. Cool on cooling rack until ready to fill.
NOTE: This recipe will make: 36 small tart shells; 12 medium tart shells or 1 large tart shell.
EASY CUSTARD
1. Stir pudding mix into 1¾ cups half and half in medium saucepan.
2. Bring to full boil on medium heat, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
4. Chill in refrigerator until ready to use.
FRUIT GLAZE
1. Cook over low heat until thick and clear.
2. Cool before brushing on fruit.
(OR) SHORT CUT FRUIT GLAZE
1. Heat in microwave safe dish for 30 seconds until it haw thinned out, then stir to combine.
2. Strain if needed (for jam) though a fine mesh sieve to get out seeds. Let cool before brushing on fruit.
TO ASSEMBLE FRUIT TARTS
If you will serve within two hours, skip step 1.
1. Very lightly brush the bottom of tart shells with glaze (this will keep them from getting soggy if you aren’t serving for several hours.)
2. Place 1-2 teaspoons of custard in bottom of each tart shell.
3. Arrange fruit slices artistically over custard. (Put like fruit together, or choose to mix fruit within a single tart.)
4. Gently brush tops of fruit with fruit glaze. This will give your fruit a fresh, glossy look.
-Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
36Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 169Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 87mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 2gSugar: 16gProtein: 2g
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Can I freeze the tart shells to use at a later date?
Hi Joanna! Yes, once the tart shells are baked they can be frozen for up to two months!
– Dianna