Fresh Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 50 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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I got this recipe from the Good Housekeeping (April) but changed it instead of vanilla extract I substituted lemon extract really made a taste difference. You can also use, blueberries, raspberries and even grapes. Read more . I made this yesterday was it ever so creamy but did not use the low fat cream cheese or the low fat sour cream just used the regular, made it much more creamier to. Ingredients:
1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour |
1/4 tsp. salt |
1/3 cup plus 3 tbsp. confectioners sugar |
10 tbsp. butter, chilled and cut into 1/2 pieces |
1-1/2 tsp. pure lemon extract |
3 tbsp. ice water |
6-oz. cream cheese, softened |
1/2 cup sour cream |
3 tbsp. chopped crystallized ginger |
1-1/2 lb. strawberries, stems and leaves discarded and each berry cut lengthwise in half |
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375*F.
2. In food processor with knife blade attached, combine the flour, salt and 1/3 cup sugar, pulse until blended.
3. Add butter and pulse until mixture resemble course meal.
4. Add lemon extract, then ice water, 1 Tbsp. at a time, pulsing until moist clumps form.
5. Gather dough into a ball, flatten to a disk.
6. Wrap disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour (if chilled overnight, let dough stand 30 minutes at room temperature before rolling).
7. On a large sheet of parchment paper, with floured rolling pin, roll dough into 12 round.
8. Using 11 dinner plate as a guide and with sharp knife cut 11 round from dough, discard trimmings.
9. Transfer round, still on parchment to large cookie sheet.
10. Flute the dough.
11. refrigerate or freeze on cookie sheet, about 10 minutes to firm dough slightly.
12. Bake dough 20-25 minutes or until golden.
13. Cool crust completely on cookie sheet on wire rack, about 20 minutes.
14. When crust is cool, in medium bowl with spoon mix cream cheese, sour cream, crystallized ginger and remaining 3 Tbsp. sugar until blended.
15. Spread cream cheese mixture on crust.
16. Arrange strawberries wide ends down in concentric circles in cream cheese mixture to cover. Garnish center with tip of basil.
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