Tart - A One-of-a-Kind Treat

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Tart is a baked dish with a pastry base and a filling over the pastry base. This filling could be made using sweet or savoury items. Nowadays, fruits are also commonly used for the filling. The miniature forms of the tarts are called tartlets. Here are a few of the mouth-watering recipes to make tarts.

Pineapple tart

Ingredients required:

All-purpose flour 1 cup

Self-rising flour 1 cup

Butter 10 tablespoons

Beaten egg 2

Cold water 2 tablespoons

Salt 1 pinch

Fresh pineapple 2 cups

(peeled, cored and shredded)

White sugar 1 ½ cups

Cloves 4

Method of preparation

Keep a large bowl ready and in it mix the all-purpose flour, self-rising flour and salt. Introduce the butter when the mixture takes the shape of coarse crumbs. Leave some space in the middle of the mixture. After this is done, add the beaten egg and the water. Make sure that the ingredients are nicely mixed with each other. See to it that the dough is not kneaded too much. Make the dough into the shape of balls and nicely wrap them in plastic foil. Allow them to cool for 4 hours or for the whole night. Take a saucepan and mix pineapple and sugar. Heat them under average temperature. Then slowly bring down the heat level and stir it at regular intervals for 30 minutes until you get a thick mixture. Take it out of the heat and let it cool. Then, preheat the oven to at 400 degrees F. Roll the dough balls on a floured surface. Using cutters cut them into 24 round pieces. Place them on the cookie sheet. Fill the empty middle part of the dough with a spoonful of pineapple jam. Arrange the pastry over the jam beautifully. Make sure that the pastry is extended to the pastry shell.

Again, cut 24 more round pieces and cut the centre part in a way that it will take a ring shape. Wet the edges of the pastry and decorate the top of the shells using the ring shaped centre parts. Slightly rub the top of the pastry with the beaten egg. Put it inside the oven and bake it for 20-25 minutes. Then place it on a baking sheet and let it cool for 5 minutes. Then, put it on a wire rack and allow it to cool until it is properly set. Once set, you can serve it fresh.

Down under lemon tart

Ingredients needed:

All-purpose flour 2 ½ cup

Butter 7-8 cups

Confectioner's sugar ¾ cup

Egg yolk 1

Cold water 1 ½ tablespoons

Superfine sugar ¾ cup

Minced lemon zest 2 tablespoons

Fresh lemon juice ¾ cup

Cream ½ cup

Instructions

In a food processor, process the combination of ingredients such as flour, butter, and confectioner's sugar. Continue processing until you get a breadcrumb-like mixture. Introduce the egg yolk and 1-2 teaspoons of cold water. Again, process it until the mixture takes the shape of dough. Make the dough mixture into a flat shape and cover it using a plastic wrap. Allow it to cool for 20 minutes.

Nicely roll the pastry onto a tart pan. Check whether there are any kinds of cracks in the rolled pastry. If you find one, fill it using the leftover pastry. Refrigerate it inside the freezer for 20 minutes. Then preheat the oven at the temperature of 350 degrees F. Line your pastry with foil and fill it using raw rice. Keep it in the preheated oven and let it bake for 15 minutes. Get rid of the foil and the raw rice. Then bake it again until the pastry assumes a light golden colour. Take a mixing bowl and mix up the ingerdients such as superfine sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lime juice and cream. Take extra care not to overbeat the mixture. Filter the mixture using a strainer. Then, place the pan on a baking sheet. Slowly introduce the lemon mixture onto the baked pastry crust. Bake it until it is properly set. First, the filling would be extremely fluid but it will set when it is cooled. Stay away from overcooking it since overcooking may result in cracks. When it is cooled and set, serve it.

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