Two-Toned Grape Puff Pastry Tarts
- 2 -inch piece vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 (1/2 pound) sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 cup seedless purple grapes, cut in half
- 1 cup seedless green grapes, cut in half
- 6 tablespoons apricot jam
- Vanilla ice cream, optional
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Into a small bowl, scrape seeds from vanilla bean with a knife and stir in sugar and cinnamon.
- On a lightly floured surface roll out pastry about 1/8-inch thick and cut out 4 (6 by 5 1/2-inch) rectangles.
- Arrange pastry on baking sheet and fold edges on all sides to form a 1/2-inch border, leaving corners unfolded.
- Pinch corners and twist to make points.
- Press points down on baking sheet.
- With a dinner fork, gently prick middle of rectangle several times.
- Arrange grape halves in rows on pastry, alternating colors.
- Sprinkle each pastry with sugar mixture.
- Bake tarts in middle of oven until pastry is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
- While tarts are baking, in a small saucepan heat jam over low heat, stirring, until melted and strain through a sieve into a cup.
- On a rack cool tarts for 5 minutes and then brush with jam.
- Serve tarts warm with ice cream.
vanilla bean, sugar, cinnamon, pastry, purple grapes, green grapes, apricot jam, vanilla ice cream
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/two-toned-grape-puff-pastry-tarts-recipe.html (may not work)