Cranberry-Pear Lattice Tart
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 13 cup low-fat buttermilk, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 13 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 8 oz. fresh or frozen cranberries
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 strips lemon rind
- 2 pears, peeled, halved and cut into 1/4-inch slices
- To make Crust:
- Stir together flour and salt in large bowl.
- Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk.
- Beat sugar and butter in mixing bowl with electric mixer until fluffy.
- Beat in buttermilk mixture and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture, and beat until soft dough forms.
- Shape 1/3 of dough into disk, and seal in plastic wrap.
- Shape rest of dough into larger disk, and wrap.
- Chill 1 hour or overnight.
- To make Filling:
- Combine cranberries, sugar, lemon rind and 1/2 cup water in saucepan over medium heat.
- Bring to a boil, and cook 10 minutes, or until thick and syrupy.
- Stir in pears, and cool.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Flour rolling pin and work surface well.
- Take out large dough disk, roll into 12-inch circle and transfer to 9 1/2-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom.
- Gently press dough into pan, letting excess flop over rim.
- Spoon filling into crust.
- Roll small dough disk into 10-inch circle, and cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips.
- Lay half of strips 1 inch apart over filling.
- Place remaining strips 1 inch apart on diagonal to form lattice.
- Seal lattice to crust by pressing rolling pin around rim of pan, so pan edge cuts through dough.
- Remove excess.
- Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until golden and bubbly.
- Cool 20 minutes on wire rack.
- Remove from pan, and cool fully on wire rack.
flour, salt, baking soda, lowfat buttermilk, sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, cranberries, sugar, lemon rind
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/cranberry-pear-lattice-tart/ (may not work)