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Rustic Autumn Fruit Tart

You might be tempted to load up the tart with extra apples but, trust me, less is more with this type of dessert.

Recipe Summary Rustic Autumn Fruit Tart

This delightful, warming dessert is quick to make and a pleasure to eat.

Ingredients | French Fruit Tart Recipe Masterchef

½ cup butter, chilled

½ cup cream cheese

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 apples - peeled, cored, and thinly sliced

1 pear - peeled, cored and sliced

¼ cup orange juice

⅓ cup brown sugar

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

¼ teaspoon ground cardamom

1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch

½ cup apricot jam, warmed

Directions

Cut the cold butter and cream cheese into the flour with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. (This can also be done in a food processor: pulse the cold butter into the flour until the mixture resembles cornmeal; add the cream cheese and pulse until it's the size of small peas.) When you squeeze a handful of the mixture, it should form a ball. Shape the dough into a round disk, wrap it in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Toss the sliced apples and pear with the orange juice. Whisk together the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, and cornstarch. Toss the fruit with the sugar-spice mixture and set aside.

Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Set out an 8-inch tart pan, or, if you'll be making a free-form tart (galette), lightly grease a baking sheet.

Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured work surface to form a 10-inch circle. Transfer the dough to the tart pan or baking sheet. Arrange the fruit decoratively in the tart pastry. If you're baking the tart on a baking sheet, leave a 2-inch rim of dough and fold it up over the edge of the fruit (the pastry folds will overlap).

Bake the tart in the preheated oven until the crust is browned and the filling is bubbly, about 30 minutes. Remove the tart from the oven and brush it with the apricot jam.

Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.

Please note the differences in ingredient amounts, as well as the exclusion of the chilling of the dough when following the magazine version of this recipe.

Info | French Fruit Tart Recipe Masterchef

prep: 15 mins cook: 30 mins additional: 1 hr total: 1 hr 45 mins Servings: 8 Yield: 1 8-inch tart

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