How Do You Make A Fruit Tart?
This fruit tart is an elegant dessert you can make at home with our tart crust recipe (see related eHow). Or you can take a shortcut and use a premade tart shell. Serves 6 to 8 as a dessert. Prepare the tart crust dough (see “How to Make a Tart Crust.”) On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a round about 1/8-inch thick. Use more flour if the dough sticks. Working quickly, place the dough in a 10-inch tart pan by rolling it onto your rolling pin and unrolling it over the pan. Tuck the dough into the corners of the pan. Remove excess dough from the pan rim by rolling the pin over the top of the pan. Chill the pan in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes. Heat oven to 350 F. Prick the bottom of the dough with a fork to allow steam to escape as the shell bakes. Place a round of parchment paper over the dough, and pour dry beans, or a comparable substitute, on the paper to keep the bottom of the crust from puffing up. Bake for 15 minutes, and then cool to room temperature. Bring
