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id
289
Name
Fresh Fruit Tart
Main Dish Category
Dessert
Secondary Dish Category
Main Ingredient
Assorted Berries
Other Ingredient
Number of People
8
List of Ingredients
Crust:
2 c. ground gingersnap cookies (about 38 cookies)
2 T. sugar
1/3 c. Butter-flavor Crisco or softened margarine
Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. whipping cream
assorted fruit, such as: strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, oranges, red and/or green grapes
1/4 c. apricot preserves
1 T. water
Description
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
For crust: Combine ground cookies and sugar. With a pastry blender, add fat and mix until moist clumps form. Press mixture into bottom and sides of 10-inch removable bottom tart pan. Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool.
For filling: Combine cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice with an electric mixer. Add whipping cream and beat at high speed until light and fluffy. Spread in tart shell and chill several hours.
Arrange fruit on top of chilled filling. Combine apricot preserves with water and brush over top. Garnish with mint leaves and serve.
Time
Several hours for chilling
Cooking Type
Bake
Difficulty (1-5)
2
Notes
For a lighter version, proceed as directed for crust, but replace filling ingreadients with 8 oz. of lemon yogurt.
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