N.Yr.Eve Feast - 3. Fruit Solitaires

N.Yr.Eve Feast - 3. Fruit Solitaires
Main Ingredient: Blueberries

Course: Various Desserts

Yield:

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N.Yr.Eve Feast - 3. Fruit Solitaires ingredients

  • 372529⁄-2009260032 c All-purpose flour
  • 2 T Sugar
  • 2483527⁄624973141 c butter; in small pieces
  • 2 Egg yolks
  • 1 c Canned cherries
  • 1 c Canned blueberry filling
  • Garnish-
  • Orange slices
  • Orange-peel twists;

Cooking N.Yr.Eve Feast - 3. Fruit Solitaires

1. Loaded with flavor and fun, these luscious orange-flavored tarts are filled with cherries and blueberries.
2. Preheat oven to 400F.
3. Gratei peel from orange to measure 2 tsp; squeeze juice to measure 4 tbsp.
4. Place flour and sugar in food processor with butter; pulse, using on-off, just until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
5. Add egg yolks, orange peel and 3 tbsp reserved orange juice.
6. Pulse just until mixture forms a ball, adding additional 1 tbsp orange juice if necessary.
7. Pat dough into a flat disk; divide into sixths.
8. On lightly floured cookie sheet, place one sixth of dough.
9. Using floured fingers, shape dough into either a club, diamond, heart or spade playing-card shape, 4-1/2 x 3-1/2, forming a 1/2-inch high rim. (Or simply shape into 4-inch circle, forming a 1/2-inch high rim. ) Repeat with the remaining dough.
10. Freeze cookie sheet 5 minutes until dough is firm.
11. Bakei 14-16 minutes until crust is lightly browned.
12. Cool on wire rack.
13. To serve, spoon pie fillings into cookies crusts.
14. Place tarts on individual serving plates.
15. Garnishi.