TOP 10 Easy Tart Recipes
Recipes that are made for the holidays, recipes by season and more
1. Pear Tarte Tatin
Pear Tarte Tatin is a take on the classic French tarte tatin dessert. Tarte tatin gets its name from the Hotel Tatin in France where it was first made. It is an upside-down fruit tart and the fruit is beautifully caramelized with sugar and butter. A pastry pie crust is the placed on top and the tart is baked in the oven. …
Ingredients for Pear Tarte Tatin:
FOR THE PASTRY CRUST:
1/3 cup Butter
1 cup All-purpose flour
1 tsp Sugar
½ tsp Salt
1 Egg yolksFOR THE FILLING:
2 lb Pears
2 tbsp Lemon juice
⅔ cup Sugar
2 tbsp Butter
2 tsp Ginger
Light grating of fresh Nutmeg
2. Gooseberry Frangipane Tart
This Gooseberry Frangipane Tart is a perfect sweet treat in my opinion. It has a sweetened shortcrust pastry base, topped with nutty frangipane with gooseberries squished into it to ensure every bite is juicy and delicious. This tart has 3 different stages, but it is not hard to make. Start…
Ingredients for Gooseberry Frangipane Tart:
FOR THE PASTRY:
1 ¾ cup Plain flour
⅔ cup Unsalted butter
1 Eggs
10 tsp Caster sugar
a pinch Salt
1 tbsp MilkFOR THE FRANGIPANE:
½ cup Coconut oil
½ cup Caster sugar
1 cup ground Almonds
2 Eggs
10 g Plain flour
1 tsp Almond extract
1-2 tsp Rose water
7 oz GooseberriesFOR THE GLAZE:
a few tbsp Gooseberry jam
2 tbsp Water
3. Italian Plum Tart
This recipe is an authentic Italian Plum Tart (Tarte aux Quetsches) and will bring a real European touch to your table. Follow the below steps and bake a soft, buttery crust filled with plum jam whisked with brandy and Italian blue plums …
Ingredients for Italian Plum Tart:
FOR THE CRUST:
1 cup All-purpose flour
1 tbsp Sugar
⅛ tsp Salt
1 stick (8 tbsp) Butter
1 Egg yolksFOR THE FILLING:
3 tbsp Jam sugar
1 tbsp Brandy
1½ pounds Plums
½ tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Lemon zest
¼ cup Sugar
4. Strawberry, Feta and Thyme Tart
This aromatic sweet and savory Strawberry, Feta and Thyme Tart is lovely and light. Using a ready rolled puff pastry makes this recipe that much simpler, with a sweet and spicy feta cheese, crème fraîche, chopped garlic, lemon zest and hot chili flakes spread over the center and decorated with…
Ingredients for Strawberry, Feta and Thyme Tart:
200g Strawberries
3 sprigs Thyme
100g vegetarian Feta cheese
100g Crème fraîche
½ clove Garlic
½ Lemon zest
1 pinch Hot chilli pepper
1 sheet (about 320g) Frozen puff pastry
5. Country Apricot Tart
I love this Country Apricot Tart as a dessert recipe because it’s not over the top. This humble pie is easy to make and really uses just a handful of pantry ingredients. A simple crust centered with a citrus apricot or peach center and baked until golden and gooey, it…
Ingredients for Country Apricot Tart:
FOR THE CRUST:
¾ cup All-purpose flour
⅓ cup Cornmeal
2 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Baking powder
⅛ tsp Salt
3 tbsp Butter
4-5 tbsp Full-fat milkFOR THE FILING:
3 cups Apricots
⅓ cup Sugar
3 tbsp All-purpose flour
¼ tsp Ground nutmeg
1 tbsp Lemon juice
2 tsp Milk
6. Healthy Strawberry-Orange Tart
This sweet and citrus, Healthy Strawberry-Orange Tart is worth all the time that you’ll need to make it. I love to serve it as a special treat for an afternoon tea party, or for a romantic dinner dessert, everyone loves this tart! The colors are beautiful and the flavors from…
Ingredients for Healthy Strawberry-Orange Tart:
FOR THE CRUST:
5 ounces Gluten-free cookies
2 tbsp Sugar
¼ cup ButterFOR THE FILLING:
2 cups Milk
4 large Egg yolks
½ cup Sugar
¼ cup Cornstarch
2 tbsp Butter
1 tsp Orange zest
1 tsp Vanilla extract
3 cups Strawberries
7. Quince Tarte Tatin
Quince Tarte Tatin is my seasonal take on the classic French tarte tatin dessert. A tarte tatin is an upside-down fruit tart. It is usually made with apples, but I use quince fruit in this version. The quince is caramelized with sugar and butter. While cooking, the pastry pie crust…
Ingredients for Quince Tarte Tatin:
3 Quinces
1 cup Cabernet Merlot Wine
2 cups Water
1 Cinnamon stick
3 whole Star Anise
4 whole Cloves
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
3 Cardamon
1 Oranges
1 pinch Salt
½ cup+½ cup Caster sugar
3 1/2 tbsp Unsalted butter
375g pack of all-butter Frozen puff pastry
8. Apricot Tarte Tatin
I love a good tart tatin recipe and this Apricot Tarte Tatin is one of my favorite desserts to make in summer. A tarte tatin is a French upside-down fruit tart. It is usually made with apples, but I love to try different fruits when I make tarte tatin. The…
Ingredients for Apricot Tarte Tatin:
2¾ oz Caster sugar
1½ oz Unsalted butter
10½ oz Apricots
13-oz Frozen puff pastry
9. Smoky Cheese & Onion Tart
This Smoky Cheese and Onion Tart is definitely one of my personal favorites and I may have even convinced my daughters too. A short crust pastry filled with a creamy-cheese filling, smokey bacon bits, onion slices and cherry tomatoes, baked in the oven until set. …
Ingredients for Smoky Cheese & Onion Tart:
small knob Butter
6 slices Smoked Bacon
3 Onion
200 ml Heavy cream
500 g Pie crust
All-purpose flour
140 g Cheddar cheese
1 Eggs
140 g Cherry tomatoes
10. Cheese board & Onion Tart
In my opinion, the only thing that can beat a cheese and onion tart is a Cheese board & Onion Tart! Rather than simply using one or two types of cheese, I like to mix three cheeses into this tart filling – making it a melted cheese board! You can buy the cheese if you don’t have any, but this is actually a great dish …
Ingredients for Cheese board & Onion Tart:
FOR THE PASTRY
250 g Plain flour
125 g Butter
½ tsp SaltFOR THE FILLING
2 Onion
1 tbsp Butter
2 Eggs
280ml Heavy cream
300 g Cheese