Individual, Rustic Grape Tarts this simply sweet, cute and quaint recipe is just sweet enough with a flaky crust and filled with wholesome red and green grapes, still attached to the twigs and served in a gooey center, these tarts are the perfect tea-time treat.
Serve it warm or cool with vanilla ice cream or dollops of white chocolate cream with coconut flakes on top.
To make Rustic Grape Tarts, you will need the following ingredients:
In a food processor, blend the flour, salt, and butter until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs, and the butter is the size of small peas.
With the motor still running, add water, 1 tablespoon at a time for about 10 pulses until the dough begins to stick together.
Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and shape into a rectangle shape. Knead the dough, using the heel of your hand, against the work surface and continue to work through the dough. Gather into a pile and repeat.
Once worked through, flatten the dough into a 6-inch disk and cover in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about an hour then remove from the fridge, roll into a 12-inch circle (or 6 small 6-inch circles) on a piece of parchment and refrigerate a second time for 20 minutes.
Place your oven rack to the middle position and heat to 375 ºF.
Load a few grapes in the middle of your rolled out dough, leaving a 2-inch border around the edge. (Or 1-inch border for the tartlets). Fold the dough edges over the fruit, pleating as you go around. Tuck in the bottoms of the pleats with extra grapes and garnish with a small cluster of grapes, still attached to the twig, on top of the center grapes, if you wish.
Brush crust with water and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. (Or ½ teaspoon sugar for tartlets)
Bake tarts in the preheated oven for about 1 hour (or 35-45 minutes for tartlets), rotating the baking sheet halfway through, until they are deep golden brown and the grapes are slightly wrinkled with juices are oozing out.
Cool the tarts on a wire rack for 10 minutes then transfer from the baking sheet to cool completely for 25 minutes.
Serve cooled.
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