Berry Tart with Ginger Cream

Berry Tart with Ginger Cream
If $1.75 per serving falls in your budget, Berry Tart with Ginger Cream might be a spectacular vegetarian recipe to try. One serving contains 643 calories, 8g of protein, and 38g of fat. This recipe serves 24. A mixture of water, granulated sugar, cream cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 5 hours.

Instructions

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Stir together yolks and 2 tablespoons water for egg wash. Put a baking sheet in freezer.
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Unfold 1 pastry sheet on a 12-inch square of parchment and brush all over with egg wash. Prick entire surface evenly with a fork.
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Unfold a second pastry sheet on a cutting board and cut out a 1 1/4-inch-wide right-angle strip along 2 adjacent edges with a sharp small knife, reserving remaining square for another use.
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Place right angle on 1 corner on top of 2 adjacent edges of pricked pastry to form first quadrant of tart.
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Transfer pastry on parchment to baking sheet in freezer and chill until firm, about 10 minutes.
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Transfer pastry on parchment from freezer to cutting board and trim a 1/4-inch-wide strip from all 4 edges using tip of small knife and a ruler and cutting all the way through pastry. Make 1/4-inch-long vertical cuts through double layers of edge about 1/2 inch apart (to help sides rise evenly).
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Return pastry on parchment to baking sheet in freezer and chill until firm but not solid, about 10 minutes more.
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Preheat oven to 450°F and heat another baking sheet on lowest rack in oven until hot, about 2 minutes.
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9
Remove baking sheet from oven and transfer pastry on parchment from freezer to hot sheet.
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Bake pastry on lowest rack of oven until puffed and deep golden brown (a little darker than usual so double edges are cooked through), 14 to 16 minutes.
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Transfer pastry on parchment to a rack to cool.
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Repeat procedure with remaining 3 packages puff pastry to make remaining 3 quadrants of tart.
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Blend cream cheese and granulated sugar in a food processor until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth.
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Add ginger and pulse until finely chopped and mixture is combined well.
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If very puffed, gently flatten inner parts of pastry (single layer) slightly with your palm. Fit quadrants together on flat board to form a giant square tart shell, trimming inside edges of each quadrant slightly with a serrated knife to help quadrants fit together smoothly. "Glue" inner edges together with a little ginger cream, then spread remaining ginger cream evenly over tart, leaving double edges as a border.
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Arrange strawberries in a decorative pattern over cream. Bring jelly to a boil with remaining 2 tablespoons water, whisking until smooth, then simmer glaze 1 minute. Toss three fourths of glaze with blueberries in a large bowl and spoon blueberries onto tart to cover cream between strawberries, mounding slightly.
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Brush strawberries with remaining glaze.
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·All 4 quadrants of pastry can be prepared (but not baked) 1 day ahead and stacked in freezer between sheets of parchment paper.
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Let each section stand at room temperature until no longer frozen solid but still firm, about 5 minutes, before baking.·Ginger cream can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.·Assembled tart can be kept at cool room temperature 3 hours before serving.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In5 hrs
Servings24
Health Score5
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