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Italian Sweet Cream Citrus Tart

Italian Sweet Cream Citrus Tart

Photo by eastendhomearts

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Late Winter Tart (Sweet or Savory)
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    eastendhomearts's Notes: After hearing about the contest I chose to highlight citrus as the key ingredient. As a lover of italian pastries I looked to a variation on cannoli cream as the custard and used a local jam...

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Serves 6-8

Shortbread Crust:

3 cups flour Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 pound butter Ask a question about this ingredient

1 egg yolk Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup sugar Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 cup water Ask a question about this ingredient

  1. With a mixer and the paddle attachment, mix the butter sugar and flour

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  2. add the egg yolk and mix till combined

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  3. add just enough of the 1/4 cup of water for the dough to come together

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  4. roll out the dough to 1/2 in thick, place in tart pan

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  5. prick dough with fork and place in oven 350 degreees for 15 min and 325 for 7 min

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Italian Sweet Cream filling and Fruit topping:

1/2 cup heavy cream Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 cup ricotta cream Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons almond honey Ask a question about this ingredient

3 oranges Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 pineapple Ask a question about this ingredient

2 tablespoons Really Good Apricot Jam Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon honey Ask a question about this ingredient

1-2 tablespoon water Ask a question about this ingredient

  1. In a mixer with the whisk attachment add a bit of the heavy cream and ricotta and stir to combine

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  2. Add honey and increase speed to medium high

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  3. Add the rest of the heavy cream and whip till like a whip cream approximately 3-5 minutes

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  4. Add 1/2 tsp cinnamon

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  5. Place cream on cooled shortbread crust

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  6. Remove rind of orange by cutting it off and removing the pith. Cut into slices horizontally

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  7. Remove rind of pineapple and cut into slices

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  8. Place fruit on tart by alternating layers of pineapple and orange

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  9. Mix together honey and apricot jam and water and place in microwave for 15 seconds . Stir to combine and pour over the tart

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  10. Serve and Enjoy

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1 Comment on Italian Sweet Cream Citrus Tart

Img_1958 Reply

This looks and sounds lovely!

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