Bakewell Tart With Raspberry Preserves Recipes

BAKEWELL TART WITH RASPBERRY PRESERVES

Steps:

• CRUST:.
• Blend flour, sugar, and salt in processor 5 seconds; add butter.
• Using on/off turns, cut in until very coarse meal forms.
• Add 3 tablespoons ice water.
• Blend until moist clumps form, adding more ice water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry.
• Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic wrap; chill 1 hour. (DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Soften briefly at room temperature before rolling.).
• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Roll out dough on floured surface to 12- to 13-inch round.
• Transfer dough to 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
• Cut off all but 1/2 inch of overhang and fold in, pressing dough to come 1/4 to 1/3 inch higher than pan sides.
• Freeze crust until firm, about 10 minutes.
• Line crust with foil and dried beans or pie weights.
• Bake crust until sides are set, about 25 minutes. Remove foil and beans. Continue to bake until crust is pale golden, piercing with fork if crust bubbles, 12 to 15 minutes longer. Cool on rack 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• FILLING.
• Spread raspberry preserves evenly over bottom of crust.
• Scrape seeds from vanilla bean halves into medium bowl.
• Add sugar and blend with back of fork to distribute vanilla seeds evenly. Add butter, egg yolks, egg whites, almond extract, and salt; whisk to blend.
• Finely grind almonds in food processor; stir into filling. Pour filling into crust.
• Bake tart until browned on top and set in center, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool on rack until just slightly warm, about 45 minutes.
• Push up tart pan bottom to release tart. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.

RASPBERRY BAKEWELL TART WITH BURNT CREAM

Steps:

• For crust:
• Blend first 4 ingredients in processor. Add butter; cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles fine meal. Blend in enough water by tablespoons to bind dough. Gather into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll out dough on floured surface to 11-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Trim edges. Freeze crust 15 minutes. Line with foil. Fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake until set, about 20 minutes. Remove foil and beans and bake crust until golden, about 10 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)
• For filling:
• Place cream in heavy medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean.
• Bring to simmer. Whisk sugar, yolks and cornstarch in small bowl to blend. Slowly whisk hot cream into yolk mixture. Return to saucepan and cook over medium heat until custard thickens and boils, whisking often, about 7 minutes. Discard vanilla bean. Chill until firm but still spoonable, whisking occasionally, about 1 hour.
• Spread preserves in crust. Carefully spoon custard over. Refrigerate until custard is firm, 4 to 8 hours.
• Preheat broiler. Press brown sugar through sieve over tart, covering evenly. Broil until sugar caramelizes, rotating pan as necessary to prevent burning and watching carefully. Chill 1 hour. Transfer to platter. Garnish with berries and mint.

RASPBERRY RED BAKEWELL TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Unroll pastry sheet into a 9-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom; trim even with rim. Freeze 10 minutes., Line unpricked pastry with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake 12-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown., Remove foil and weights; brush bottom of crust with egg white. Bake 6-8 minutes longer or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack., Spread jam over bottom of crust. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in eggs, egg yolk, cocoa and food coloring. Fold in ground almonds. Spread over jam., Bake 30-35 minutes or until filling is set. Cool completely on a wire rack., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, water and extract until smooth; drizzle or pipe over tart. Refrigerate leftovers.