Jumbleberry Mini Tarts Recipes

JUMBLEBERRY CRUMBLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. Combine sugar and tapioca; sprinkle over berries and toss gently. Pour into a greased 11x7-in. baking dish; let stand for 15 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir in butter; sprinkle over berry mixture. , Bake at 350° until filling is bubbly and topping is golden brown, 45-50 minutes. Serve warm and, if desired, with vanilla ice cream or sweetened whipped cream.

MINI BLUEBERRY TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Crush half the blueberries. Sift together sugar and cornstarch. Add whole and crushed blueberries; toss until berries are well coated. Set aside., On a lightly floured surface, unroll crusts. Cut out six 4-1/2-in. circles; press circles onto bottoms and up sides of greased muffin cups. Evenly spoon in blueberry mixture. Cut out six 2-in. circles from remaining crust; place over filling. Brush with yolk., Bake until crust is golden and filling bubbles, 13-17 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; run a knife around sides of muffin cups and remove tarts to a serving plate.

JUMBLEBERRY MINI TARTS

Steps:

• Make the crust: Pulse flour, confectioners' sugar, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter, and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and pulse just until dough forms. Shape dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate until firm, 1 hour or up to 1 day.
• Cut dough into 24 pieces; on a lightly floured surface, flatten each piece into a 3-inch round. Press a round into bottom and up sides of each cup of two 12-cup nonstick mini muffin tins. Refrigerate or freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Make the filling: Stir together granulated sugar, cornstarch, zest, juice, and salt in a medium bowl. Add berries; gently toss to coat.
• Fill shells with berry mixture, dividing evenly. Bake until crusts are golden brown and filling is bubbling, about 25 minutes. Let cool slightly in tins, about 10 minutes. Run a knife around tarts; remove from tins. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Dollop with whipped cream, and serve immediately.

TUMBLE-JUMBLE STRAWBERRY TART

Steps:

• Put the flour, both sugars, salt and lemon zest, if you're using it, in the bowl of a food processor; pulse to blend. Scatter the butter on top; pulse the butter into the dry ingredients until you've got a bowlful of curds. At first the dough will look like cornmeal, but it will change as you go, so work in long pulses - you might need as many as 20 - and scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl often.
• Whisk the yolk and vanilla together, and add in three additions, pulsing after each. Pulse just until the dough starts to come away from the sides of the bowl; it should form moist clumps and hold together when pinched. Turn it out onto a counter, knead it into a compact ball and flatten it into a disk between two sheets of parchment or wax paper.
• Roll the dough into an 11-inch circle. If it's cold enough, fit it into a 9- to 9½-inch tart pan with a removable bottom, prick the bottom with a fork and trim the top even with the pan's rim; if it's not cold, chill it until it's workable. Refrigerate the crust in the pan for at least 1 hour (or cover and freeze up to 2 months; bake straight from the freezer).
• Heat oven to 400. Place the dough in its pan on a baking sheet, cover with a piece of buttered foil or parchment and fill with rice.
• Bake for 20 minutes, then carefully remove the foil or paper and rice. Bake, uncovered, until the crust is golden, another 8-10 minutes. Let cool, at least 30 minutes.
• If you're serving 6, cover the bottom of the crust with a layer of jam, and then cut the tart into wedges. (Otherwise, cut the number of wedges you need, and spread each portion with jam.) Halve or quarter as many berries as you'd like - be generous - and if you want, toss with a little granulated sugar. Place each wedge of crust on a plate, and spoon over berries, letting them tumble where they might. If you'd like, top each serving with whipped cream, or pass the cream at the table.

MINI FRUIT TARTS

Steps:

• Stir flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry cutter or 2 knives until the texture resembles coarse cornmeal, with butter pieces the size of small peas. Mix in water with a fork just until the dough comes together.
• Toss berries, sugar, flour, and salt together in a bowl to make the filling. Set aside at room temperature.
• Lightly butter or grease 14 muffin cups. Place some dough in each muffin cup and press it against the bottoms and sides to create tart shells that are 1/8- to 1/4-inch thick. Divide berry filling evenly among the tart shells.
• Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Refrigerate tarts for 15 minutes while the oven preheats.
• Bake tarts in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbling, 15 to 18 minutes.