5 mixed berry tart pie Recipes

unbaked 9-inch pie crust, pears, rinsed and cored, thickly sliced, zest and juice of 1 lemon, wild or red mixed berries (your choice), fresh or frozen (unthawed), red berries or strawberry jam, ground cinnamon, ground cardamom, lightly ground quick-cooking or traditional oats, light brown sugar (up to 3/4 if you like it very sweet)

pie dough, well chilled (or pastry, enough to line a 9 round cake pan or 9 round springform pan, at least 1 1/2 deep; a 10), eggs, sugar, plain nonfat yogurt, pure vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, fresh blueberries or 1 1/2 cups raspberries or 1 1/2 cups mixed berries or 1 1/2 cups sliced peaches or 1 1/2 cups plums or 1 1/2 cups nectarines or 1 1/2 cups stone fruit, coarsley chopped toasted almond, sugar , for dusting

graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter, melted, sugar , depending on sweetness of berries, cornstarch, water, raspberry gelatin powder, strawberry gelatin, fresh berries (use a mixture of whatever is available, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, marion) or 8 cups frozen berries (use a mixture of whatever is available, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, marion), cream (optional)

sheet of ready rolled puff pastry, bananas, ripe and sliced in half lengthways (or a can of apple or peach or pear halves, mixed berries etc, discard juice), butter, sugar, brandy (or can use other complimentary liqueur instead), toasted sliced almonds (optional)