12 favorite tart pastry Recipes

all-purpose flour, chilled butter , cut into 1/2 inch pieces, egg, heavy cream, lemon juice, sugar, salt

fresh zucchini, thinly sliced (about 6 medium zucchini or 4 cups), chopped onion, olive oil, garlic clove, minced, herbes de provence (or herbes de napa), salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste, fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped, pesto sauce, eggs, beaten, grated gruyere cheese or 1 cup swiss cheese, plus a little extra for topping, crescent roll dough (or use your favorite shortcrust pastry recipe, see note)

cut, sliced , chopped fresh fruit-strawberries, bananas, berries of all kinds, apples, melon, mango, kiwi, pineapple, etc., prepared vanilla pudding or 1 small box of pudding mix with 2 cups of milk, mixed well and chilled, heavy whipping cream whipped or 1 large container of cool whip, your favorite jam , jelly or fruit preseves, heated until warm, sliced almonds , chopped walnuts or pecans, sheet of frozen puffed pastry , frozen pie crust (or fresh pie crust), commerical cookie dough or homemade shortbread cookie dough (pillsbury sugar cookie dough or chocolate chip dough)

i use an oblong tart pan 14 by 4, a 2-inch piece vanilla bean , split lengthwise, sugar, cinnamon, frozen puff pastry sheet, thawed, plums , cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, fresh apricots , cut into 1/4-inch thick slices, apricot jam, melted, strained , and kept warm, your favorite ice cream scooped on top i use vanilla

pastry dough : for two 9-inch crusts (i make my favorite pie shell, i don tsp use this recipe.), all purpose flour, shortening, light brown sugar, salt, white vinegar, beaten egg, cold water, in a large bowl, mix together flour, and shortening., in a small bowl, combine the sugar, salt, vinegar, egg, and water. blend all ingredients to form a ball. add more water if necessary., chill dough and use as needed., light brown sugar, eggs at room temperature, heavy cream, pure maple syrup (preferably dark amber), unsalted butter, melted

pie crust, recipe (unbaked , i use my butter pie crust kittencal s no-fail buttery flaky pie pastry/crust for this, but you can use any favorite pastry recipe), fresh minced garlic cloves (use no more than 3 medium cloves of garlic, as it will overpower the other ingredients), onions (peeled, cut in half and then sliced thinly, a processor works great for this!), bacon, olive oil or 2 tbsp butter, whole mushrooms, sliced (can use less ), dried rosemary (can use 1 tbsp chopped fresh ), salt and pepper, fontina cheese, shredded, swiss cheese, shredded (can use 2 cups swiss cheese)

flan tin with shortcrust pastry, caster sugar, unsalted butter, self raising flour, ground almonds, eggs, almond essence (could sub vanilla extract), jam (or preserves of your favorite s or perserves), sliced almonds, for topping

pastry dough (your favorite recipe ) for a double crust 9 inch pie., tart cooking apples, brown sugar, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, butter

tart apples, peeled and sliced (granny smith, approx. 5 large apples), brown sugar, white sugar, all-purpose white flour, ground cinnamon, salt, salt, ground nutmeg, freshly-squeezed lemon juice, freshly grated horseradish root (prepared with lemon juice, see directions), pastry for double-crust pie (store-bought or your favorite recipe)

tart dough : (or use store bought puff pastry dough), unbleached all-purpose flour, superfine sugar, salt, chilled unsalted butter, cut into tbsp-size pieces, pure vanilla extract, ice water , plus additional as needed, granny smith , pippin, or your favorite apples, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch wedges, sugar, unbleached all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, cranberry sauce, sea salt , preferably gray salt, egg yolk beaten with 1 tbsp heavy cream, for egg wash, coarse sugar