Mixed Berry Tart
Author: Leslie Green - The Hungry Housewife
Prep time: 90 mins
Cook time: 36 mins
Total time: 2 hours 6 mins
A delicious mixed berry tart.
Ingredients
SWEET PASTRY DOUGH
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons ice water
  • 1 egg white, lightly beaten(for brushing the dough while in the oven)
BERRIES
  • 5 1/2 cups mixed berries, such as strawberries(sliced), blackberries, blueberries and raspberries
  • 1 1/4 cup vanilla flavored yogurt, Greek or regular
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar
Instructions
FOR THE CRUST
  1. Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.
  2. Blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps.
  3. Beat together yolk and water with a fork and stir into flour mixture until combined well.
  4. Gently knead mixture in bowl with floured hands just until a dough forms.
  5. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently 4 or 5 times more.
  6. Form dough into a ball, then flatten into a 5-inch disk.
  7. Chill, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour
  8. Preheat the oven to 400.
  9. Flour your counter again.
  10. Roll the dough out into a circle, large enough to fit in a 9" tart pan, about 10-11 inches.
  11. Place the dough in a 9" tart or pie pan.
  12. Lightly prick the bottom of the tart with a fork.
  13. Line the tart with foil and fill with pie weights.
  14. Bake for 8 minutes.
  15. Remove the foil and weights.
  16. Reduce heat to 350.
  17. Bake for an additional 25 minutes.
  18. Remove from oven a brush with beaten egg white and bake for an additional 3 minutes.
  19. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
FOR THE BERRIES
  1. In a large bowl, gently mix together the berries,yogurt and agave nectar
ASSEMBLY
  1. Pour the berries into the baked tart and serve.
Notes
No time to make your own dough? No worries, use a pre-made deep dish pie crust.
Recipe by The Hungry Housewife at http://www.thehungryhousewife.com/2011/09/mixed-berry-tart.html