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Pie and Tart Recipes

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Apple Crisp Fruit Tart Pumpkin Pie
An apple crisp is perfect when the weather turns cold. There is something so appealing about warm baked apples covered in cinnamon and sugar, made all the more tasty with a crisp and crunchy topping. more Everyone loves the elegance of a fruit tart with its topping of beautiful fresh fruit. Whether you use a single fruit (like strawberries) or a medley of berries, sliced kiwi, plums, bananas, pineapple, and/or melon no one can resist its beauty. more My personal favorite pumpkin pie recipe is this Pate Brisee recipe, as I like its' wonderful buttery flavor and crumbly texture. more
Boston Cream Pie No Bake Cheesecake Apple Pie
Boston Cream Pie consists of either a white sponge or butter cake that has been split in half and filled with pastry cream. A chocolate glaze is then poured over the top of the cake and allowed to drip down the sides. more A No Bake Cheesecake combines a graham cracker crust with a light and creamy no-bake cheesecake filling. The finishing touch is a sweet cherry topping. more The Apple Pie, with its two rounds of pastry enclosing slices of cinnamon sugared apples, is a favorite dessert in North America. more
Butter Tarts Lemon Tart Blueberry Pie
These Butter Tarts consist of flaky pastry shells that are filled with a sweet mixture of butter, brown sugar, and eggs. more This Lemon Tart has a buttery shortbread crust, a creamy lemon filling, and lovely swirls of whipped cream on top. Absolutely Delicious. more This homemade Blueberry Pie, encased in a delicious buttery pastry, is full of big and plump, sweet and juicy blueberries. more
     
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Tart is defined as a single-layered base of pastry (plain or puff) with a sweet or savory filling baked in either a shallow tart pan that has straight, fluted sides and a removable bottom or a metal tart ring placed on a baking sheet.   The tart is removed from the tart pan or ring before serving. Broadly, the term 'tart' encompasses flans, quiches, and pies.   Depending on the type of tart made they can be served as appetizers, entrees or desserts.  Their size ranges from bite-size (hors d'oeuvre), individual-size (tartlet) to full-size (tart)

Sweet tarts have fillings of fruit, jams, custards, flavored creams, or nuts.   Tarts distinguish themselves by their fillings; beautifully glazed berries Fruit Tart concentrically placed on top of a sweet custard filling (Pastry Cream), or artfully arranged sliced apples on an almond frangipane-lined pate brisee (Apple Frangipane Tart).  What could be more elegant on a warm summer's evening than a refreshing lemon tart.

Savory tarts (quiches) can have fillings of cheese, meat, eggs, and/or vegetables. 

Key Lime Pie

Apple Frangipane Tart

Apple Galette

Key Lime Pie has a sweet and grainy graham cracker crust, a creamy and tangy lime flavored filling, and is topped with a soft and fluffy whipped cream. more The almond filling (Frangipane) is a pastry cream made with almond paste that has a delicious almond flavor. more Galette is a French term for a flat round cake that dates from ancient times when cereal pastes were cooked on hot stones. Galettes can be sweet or savory and different types of pastries and fillings can be used. more

Apple Tart with Cream Cheese Filling

Apple Custard Tart

Pecan Pie

This is one dessert that I recommend eating shortly after it is baked; when the crust is at its best, beautifully crisp and crumbly, the filling is soft and creamy, and the apples are juicy and flavorful. more This beautiful tart consists of a prebaked pastry crust that is first glazed with apricot preserves to prevent the crust from getting soggy. more Pecan Pie is a delicious combination of toasted pecans, sugar, and eggs which gives this pie wonderful flavor with a dense and chewy texture. more

French Apple Tart

Apricot Tart

Berry Tart

This classic French tart gives you a double dose of apples, a nicely flavored apple sauce filling topped with artfully arranged sliced apples. more This beautiful, rustic looking Apricot Tart combines a buttery crisp pastry with sweet and juicy wedges of apricot. more When blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and/or cherries are available, I like to make this tart as the crumbly texture and buttery flavor of the pastry, Pate Brissee, goes so well with the tartness of the berries. more

Blackberry Rhubarb Crisp

Blackberry Tart

Peach Pie

Blackberry Rhubarb Crisp is delicious with its crisp and crunchy cinnamon flavored topping and rhubarb and blackberries underneath. more This lovely Blackberry Tart starts with a sweet pastry crust that is filled with a mascarpone cream and topped with fresh blackberries. more This homemade Peach Pie, encased in a delicious buttery pastry, is full of lightly sweetened slices of fresh peaches. more

Blueberry Tart

Peach Cobbler

Brownie Tart

This beautiful blueberry tart is the best of both worlds; cooked and raw blueberries. It has concentric circles of dusty blue-grey blueberries sitting inside a golden brown tart shell. more Peach Cobbler is a delicious homespun dessert, that consists of a deep layer of lightly sweetened peaches covered with golden brown biscuits. more This recipe takes brownies out of the realm of casual food and makes them an elegant dessert. more

Shortbread Tarts with Cream and Fruit

Strawberry Pie (Tart)

Cherry Tart

These rich and buttery miniature shortbread tarts are filled with a delicious cream filling made with cream cheese, condensed milk and lemons. Garnish with fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or kiwi slices. more This Strawberry Pie has a buttery shortbread crust and is filled with fresh strawberries all coated in a delicious gelatinized raspberry sauce. more This Cherry Tart has a lovely fluted pastry shell made with a buttery crisp short crust pastry, that is filled with a delicious almond flavored cream (Frangipane) and sweet Bing Cherries. more

Chocolate Pie

Cranberry Cream Cheese Tart

Cranberry Galette

Chocolate pie starts with a graham cracker crumb crust that is topped with a smooth and creamy chocolate filling. It is garnished with softly whipped cream. more This lovely Cream Cheese Tart has a graham cracker crumb crust, a no-bake cheesecake-like filling, that is topped with a Cran-Raspberry Sauce. more This makes the perfect Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert; ruby red cranberries and walnuts encased in a buttery flavored pastry. more

Cranberry Nut Tarts

Cranberry Pear and Apple Crumble

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Individual tarts made with a sweet pastry crust and filled with ruby red cranberries and nuts covered in creamy caramel. more The delicious combination of sweet pears, tart cranberries, and crisp apples, along with a crumble topping, make for a perfect Fall dessert. more This homemade Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, encased in a delicious buttery pastry, is full of sweet strawberries and tangy rhubarb. more

Graham Cracker Tart w/White Chocolate Filling

Raspberry Truffle Tart

Lemon Curd Tart

These fruit tarts, with their layers of fresh fruit, rich cream, and fluted pie crusts can only be described as elegant. more What could be more enticing than a giant raspberry-flavored truffle set in a biscotti crust.This beautiful raspberry-flavored truffle tart is set in a delicious biscotti crust. more Lemon Curd Tart is a delicious combination of a sweet and crisp pastry crust and a tangy lemon curd. more

Lemon Meringue Tart

Strawberry Rhubarb Tarts

Linzer Torte

Lemon Meringue Tart is a delicious combination of a sweet pastry crust, lemon curd filling, and airy meringue. more The flavors of sweet strawberries and tart rhubarb complement each other and are beautifully showcased when wrapped in the buttery and crumbly Pate Brisee more Linzertorte originated in Linz, Austria and is very distinctive looking with its beautiful golden brown crust, filled with ruby red preserves peeking through the pretty lattice design. more

     

Mince Pies

Homemade Mincemeat Tart

Rhubarb Tart

Over time, beef suet came to replace the meat and today mincemeat is thought of as a spicy preserve consisting of a mixture of dried and candied fruits, nuts, apples, and spices (with or without beef suet) that is heavily laced with brandy or rum. more This Mincemeat Tart has a lovely lattice pastry crust and is filled with homemade mincemeat. more This Rhubarb Tart recipe follows in the footsteps of the Blackberry Tart; same sweet and buttery crust, same smooth and creamy filling. more

Puff Pastry Tart filled with Cream & Fruit

Peach Tart

Pecan Custard Tart

This beautiful looking fruit tart starts with a crisp and buttery puff pastry and fills it with cream and fresh fruit. more This rustic looking Peach Tart combines a buttery crisp pastry with sweet and juicy sliced peaches. more A Pecan Custard Tart has a smooth and creamy custard filling that provides a nice balance to the slightly bittersweet pecan. more

Prune Plum Tart

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Pecan Tassies

This European style Prune Plum Tart consists of a buttery and crisp pastry that is topped with lightly sweetened plums. more Chocolate Pecan Pie is a rich combination of toasted pecans, sugar, corn syrup, butter, and eggs which gives this pie a soft and gooey texture. more Pecan Tassies are like miniature pecan pies with their lovely golden brown crusts and their sweet and gooey pecan filling. more

Raspberry Cream Cheese Tart

Raspberry Crostata

Raspberry Tart

A pretty tart with a pre-baked shortbread crust that is filled with raspberries and a cream cheese filling. The finishing touch is to caramelize the top of the tart by placing it under the broiler for a few seconds until nicely browned. more

This rustic looking Raspberry Crostata combines the sharp flavor of homemade raspberry jam with a crisp and crumbly short crust pastry. more

This is my idea of the perfect dessert; ruby red raspberries sitting in concentric circles on top of a buttery flavored pastry. more

   
  Cherry Pie  
  This homemade Cherry Pie, encased in a delicious buttery pastry, is full of the sweet flavor of cherries. more  

 
   

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