MIXED BERRY FRENCH BUTTER FRUIT TART 3/4 cup French butter 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup powdered sugar Pinch salt 8 ounces cream cheese (room temp) 1/2 cup powdered sugar ¼ tsp almond extract 2 tbls heavy ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — These homemade pastries are a delicious treat for breakfast, snack or dessert. Making the dough from scratch is worth the effort but these are also quite tasty using a premade ...

Some desserts just make you smile the moment you see them, and these little fruit and berry tarts are definitely one of those. With their golden pastry cases, creamy filling, and piles of shiny, ...

A classic berry tart, crumbly crust brimming with pastry cream and lined with neat rows of fresh fruit, is a refined and utterly traditional way to take advantage of summer’s bounty. That’s precisely ...

CONCORD, N.H. -- Three pounds a day! That's how many raspberries my patch has been producing. It's left me astounded and my freezer bursting. Most I've been freezing. We can eat only so many berries, ...

During the holidays, we could all use a fantastic tart recipe in our hip pockets. Tarts are a perfect festive end to any dinner party, and they make a lovely gift for a neighbor. If the thought of ...

Betsy Block's food writing has appeared in Gourmet and The Boston Globe. A mother of two, she looks forward to the day when she again has time to make puff pastry. She lives to eat in Boston. Last ...

Grocery stores and farmers markets are bursting right now with fruit and vegetables that taste their very best. It is certainly a time to eat tomato sandwiches — why deny yourself something so ...

To prepare the cocoa tart with citrus curd and berry coulis, start with the cocoa shortcrust pastry. In a mixer, place the sifted flour, cocoa, and finally the cold butter cut into cubes (1). Blend ...