Blueberry Tart

13 ingredients
14 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 8 cups picked-over blueberries
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • Accompaniment: Whipped cream

Directions

  1. 1
    Make crust: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. 2
    In a food processor blend together flour, sugar, salt and butter until mixture resembles meal.
  3. 3
    Add yolk and pulse until dough begins to come together but is still crumbly.
  4. 4
    Press dough evenly onto bottom and up side of an 11-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim.
  5. 5
    Prick bottom of crust all over with a fork and chill 30 minutes.
  6. 6
    Bake crust in middle of oven 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden, and cool in pan on a rack.
  7. 7
    Make filling: In a small bowl sprinkle gelatin over water to soften.
  8. 8
    In a saucepan combine lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon, a pinch salt and 3 cups berries and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
  9. 9
    Remove pan from heat and stir in gelatin mixture and vanilla.
  10. 10
    Transfer blueberry mixture to a metal bowl set in a bowl of ice and cold water and stir until thickened to the consistency of raw egg white but not set, about 15 minutes.
  11. 11
    Fold in remaining 5 cups berries and pour filling into crust, spreading evenly.
  12. 12
    Chill tart, covered loosely, at least 4 hours, or until set, and up to 1 day.
  13. 13
    Serve blueberry tar.
  14. 14
    t with whipped cream

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