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Recipe: Almond Fruit Tart With Lemon Cream
Similar Categories: Almond, Fruit, Tart, Lemon, Cream
Serving Size : 8
1 cup whole natural almonds
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup cold butter -- cut into 8 chunks
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons ice water -- approximately
3/4 cup whipping cream *
1/2 cup prepared lemon curd -- at room temperature
2 cups fresh fruit slices and/or berries -- approximately
1 tablespoon apple jelly -- melted (optional)
2 tablespoons sliced almonds -- toasted **
Heat oven to 350 degrees. To make crust, place almonds in bowl of food
processor fitted with steel blade. Process until finely chopped. Add flour
and sugar; pulse to blend. Add butter and extract. Process until thoroughly
blended. Gradually add up to 2 tablespoons ice water through feed tube, just
until mixture comes together. Gather dough into a ball and press evenly onto
bottom and sides of 9- or 9 1/2-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Bake in
center of oven about 25 minutes until set and lightly browned. Cool on rack.
Meanwhile, in bowl whip cream to form firm peaks. Measure lemon curd into
small bowl; whisk in about 1/2 cup of the cream to blend, then gently stir
lemon curd mixture into remaining cream just to blend thoroughly. Remove
side of tart pan. Spread lemon cream in tart shell. Decorate with fruit.
Brush fruit lightly with jelly. Refrigerate up to 8 hours. Garnish with
sliced almonds just before serving.
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