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Fruit Tart Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
1 tsp grated lemon peel
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 c canola oil
1 Tbsp butter, chilled
5-6 Tbsp water
1/2 pkg (4 oz total) cream cheese
1/3 c confectioners' sugar
2 Tbsp ricotta cheese
2 tsp grated lemon peel
2 nectarines or peaches, pitted and sliced
2 plums, pitted and sliced
1 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
1 c blueberries
1 c raspberries
1/2 c strawberries, hulled
1/4 apricot preserves
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425
In a small bowl, combine flour, lemon peel, and salt
Using pastry blender, cut in oil and butter until coarse crumbs form
Sprinkle in water, 1 Tbsp at a time, stirring until mixture holds together
Knead until smooth
Flatten into a disc, place between two sheets of wax paper
Roll out to an 11 in circle
Fit into a 9 in round, removable bottom tart pan; trim
Prick pastry all over with fork
Bake until lightly browned, about 17 min
Cool on a wire rack
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar until smooth
Beat in ricotta and lemon peel
Spread in cooled crust
Arrange fruit decoratively over filling
In a saucepan, melt preserves over low heat
Strain, then brush on fruit

 

 

 

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