Best Crust Less Fruit Tart Basically Fruit Fruit Dip Recipes

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CRUST-LESS FRUIT TART (BASICALLY FRUIT & FRUIT DIP)



Crust-Less Fruit Tart (Basically Fruit & Fruit Dip) image

I was craving a fruit tart but didn't really want to go through all of the trouble of making the crust, so I just threw together the rest of my summer berries, some grapes and some pears and Voila. It was satisfying and I didn't have to use any Marshmallow Fluff! I really added the sweeteners to taste so try it every couple of teaspoons or so to see if it is sweet enough.

Provided by nsomniak6

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h10m

Yield 3-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup low-fat sour cream
4 ounces low-fat cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon powdered sugar (to Taste) or 1/2 tablespoon light agave nectar (to Taste)
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 -4 cups mixed fruit (blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, pears, etc.)
3 tablespoons apricot preserves or 3 tablespoons apple preserves

Steps:

  • Mix sour cream, cream cheese, sugar or syrup, and vanilla in a bowl. Set in fridge to chill about 2 hours or so.
  • Prepare your fruit by washing and cutting.
  • Mix preserves with fruit.
  • Scoop some of the fruit mixture in a bowl and top with sour cream mixture.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 515, Fat 19, SaturatedFat 11.7, Cholesterol 60.2, Sodium 199.6, Carbohydrate 80.8, Fiber 4.8, Sugar 10.3, Protein 9.8

NO-FUSS FRUIT TART



No-Fuss Fruit Tart image

Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 4h25m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

27 sheets graham crackers (3I cups crumbs)
6 tablespoons soft unsalted butter
2 (8-ounce) bars cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup lemon curd, at room temperature
4 ounces blueberries (1 cup)
4 ounces blackberries (1 cup)
4 ounces raspberries (1 cup)
4 ounces red currants or pomegranate seeds (2/3 cup)
4 ounces small strawberries (1 to 1 1/2 cups)
1 loose-bottomed 10-inch fluted tart pan, 2 inches deep

Steps:

  • This is perhaps one of the most useful desserts you can have in your repertoire. Not that it is the job of a dessert to be useful: a dessert exists merely to delight. Still, dinner does need to be made, even when there's precious little time for it, and that should be a delight, too. So here's the deal: there is pitifully little work to be done to make this berry-dazzler of a tart, and enormous pleasure to be derived from its consumption.
  • All you do is bash a few graham crackers a day or so in advance and make the base - getting one course out of the way early is my way of managing - then stir lemon curd and cream cheese together, and use this cream to line the crumb-covered tart pan. I use store-bought lemon curd here, but even if it comes out of the jar, it must be of good quality. And when it is whipped into the cream cheese, that cream cheese must be at room temperature, as should the lemon curd in its jar. The combination produces a layer of what tastes like cheesecake cream: light, lemony, luscious.
  • I used to put the berries on top of the cream pretty much last-minute, but then I found that a leftover wedge, after the party, looked inviting after being in the refrigerator overnight, and so I now finish assembling the tart ahead of time. But if you prefer to add the fruit nearer to serving, I completely understand.
  • Don't feel you must obey the fruit orders too literally: any mixture of berries (or indeed other fruit) would do, and you could well use a smaller amount and top the tart less extravagantly.
  • Process the crackers and the butter to a sandy rubble in a food processor and press into the sides and the bottom of a deep-sided fluted tart pan. Put it in the freezer or refrigerator for about 10 to 15 minutes.
  • In a clean processor bowl, process the cream cheese and lemon curd (or just mix by hand) and spread it into the bottom of the chilled tart pan, covering the base evenly.
  • Arrange the fruit gently (so it doesn't sink in too much) on top of the lemony cream cheese in a decorative manner, leaving some of the strawberries unhulled, with their picturesque stalks attached.
  • Refrigerator the tart, preferably overnight, or for at least 4 hours. It does need to get properly cold in order to set enough for the tart to be unmolded and sliced easily.
  • Make Ahead Note:
  • The tart can be made 1 day ahead. Cover loosely with plastic wrap or aluminum foil, being careful not to press on the filling, and refrigerate. Will keep for around 4 days.
  • Freeze Note:
  • The tart, without fruit topping, can be frozen for up to 3 months if made with regular cream cheese, but be warned it may "weep" on thawing, so is not ideal for freezing. Open-freeze tart until firm, then wrap (still in its pan) in a double layer of plastic wrap and layer of aluminum foil. To thaw, unwrap and cover loosely with plastic wrap then thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Decorate and serve as directed in the recipe.

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