French Fruit Tart
- 1/2 package frozen puff pastry
- 3 oz. light cream cheese
- 1/4 c. heavy or whipping cream
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. orange-flavor liqueur
- 1 tsp. orange-flavor liqueur
- 4 oz. seedless red grapes
- 2 ripe kiwifruit
- 1/2 pt. medium strawberries
- 2 tbsp. apricot jam
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. On lightly floured surface, unfold puff-pastry sheet.
- Cut pastry along a fold line to remove 1 strip (about 9 inches by 3 inches); set aside.
- With floured rolling pin, roll remaining larger pastry piece into about 14-inch by 8-inch rectangle; transfer to large cookie sheet.
- With sharp knife, trim pastry to make straight edges.
- On floured surface, roll pastry strip into 16-inch by 3-inch rectangle; fold in half to form 8-inch by 3-inch rectangle, then cut lengthwise into 3 equal strips.
- Unfold strips.
- Moisten edges of pastry on cookie sheet with finger dipped in water.
- Place 1 pastry strip on dampened edge of each long side of rectangle; trim to fit.
- Cut remaining pastry strip crosswise in half and place each along short sides of rectangle, overlapping strips on long sides.
- With rolling pin, lightly roll over dough to seal edges.
- With fork, prick dough rectangle (inside of strips) at 1/4-inch intervals to prevent puffing during baking.
- Bake tart shell 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
- (If center of pastry puffs up, open oven and press down with back of spoon after 7 minutes baking.)
- Remove pastry from cookie sheet; cool on wire rack.
- Meanwhile, in small bowl, with spoon or fork, mix cream cheese, heavy cream, sugar, and 1 tablespoon liqueur until smooth (some small lumps of cream cheese may remain).
- Spread cream-cheese filling into cooled pastry shell.
- Arrange a row of grape halves on filling down 1 long side of tart, then a row of kiwifruit slices, then a row of strawberry halves.
- Repeat rows with remaining fruit (you may have a few pieces of fruit left over).
- Stir remaining 1 teaspoon liqueur into apricot jam.
- Brush jam mixture over fruit.
- If not serving tart right away, cover and refrigerate up to 8 hours.
pastry, light cream cheese, heavy, sugar, orangeflavor, orangeflavor, seedless red grapes, kiwifruit, medium strawberries, apricot jam
Taken from www.delish.com/recipefinder/french-fruit-tart-381 (may not work)