Blackberry Linzer Tarts
- 13 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup skinned pistachios
- 4 hard-boiled egg yolks
- 1 cup (8 ounces) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup flour
- 6 ounces dried figs, preferably Mission figs
- 2 tablespoons water
- 6 1/2 -pints blackberries
- Powdered sugar
- Place the sugar and pistachios in a food processor.
- Process until the pistachios are finely chopped.
- Add the egg yolks, butter and cinnamon and process until smooth.
- Add a fifth of the flour and process with short pulses until mixed.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the remaining flour, stirring with a wooden spoon until the flour is combined.
- Gather up the dough into a compact ball.
- Place on a piece of plastic wrap and flatten into a disk shape.
- Wrap in the plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is 1/4-inch thick.
- (This dough is very fragile.
- It may be easier to place the dough directly on the cookie sheet and, with a sheet of plastic wrap between the dough and the rolling pin, roll it out.)
- Cut the dough into 5-inch circles, gather up the dough and reroll it for the remaining circles.
- Transfer the circles to the baking sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until browned.
- Allow to cool before removing from the baking sheet.
- Place the figs in a food processor and process until chopped.
- With the processor running, add the water and process until smooth.
- Spread the fig puree over the baked circles.
- Arrange the blackberries, standing up, over the fig puree.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and transfer to dessert plates.
sugar, pistachios, egg yolks, butter, cinnamon, flour, figs, water, blackberries, powdered sugar
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/8899 (may not work)