Summer Blueberry Tart Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix flour, butter, and powdered sugar together until a dough forms. Press dough into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, toss blueberries with cornstarch and place in a saucepan over low heat. Add sugar and lemon extract. Simmer, stirring gently to avoid crushing the berries, until sugar dissolves and filling thickens, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Pour blueberry filling over the cooled crust. Let cool before slicing.

Steps:

• Special equipment: a 9-inch springform pan
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.
• Combine 1 cup of the flour, 1 1/2 tablespoons of the granulated sugar and the salt in a food processor and pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal with some large lumps. Add the egg yolks and pulse until blended.
• Place the dough in the springform pan, and press it evenly against the bottom and about 1 inch up the sides. Toss 2 1/2 cups of the berries, the lemon zest, juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, remaining 1 tablespoon flour and remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar in a medium bowl. Pour the berry mixture into the shell and bake until vigorously bubbling, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and immediately top with the remaining 1 1/2 cups blueberries.
• Just before serving, dust with confectioners' sugar by tapping it through a fine-mesh sieve. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Add vinegar, tossing with a fork to moisten. Press onto bottom and up the sides of a lightly greased 9-in. tart pan with removable bottom. , For filling, lightly smash 2 cups blueberries in a bowl. Combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into smashed blueberries. Spread mixture evenly into crust; sprinkle with 1 cup of the remaining whole blueberries. Place tart pan on a baking sheet., Bake at 400° for 40-45 minutes or until crust is browned and filling is bubbly. Remove from the oven; arrange remaining berries over top. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• For the pastry crust: Stir the flour and sugar together in a mixing bowl.
• Cut the chilled butter into small pieces and drop then into the flour.
• With your fingers, quickly rub the butter into the flour until it becomes crumbly, or cut in with a pastry cutter.
• Whisk together the egg yolk, lemon juice and 1 Tbsp water.
• Sprinkle the liquid over the crust mixture and continue to mix with your fingers until a dough ball forms. Be careful not to overwork the dough.
• If mixture is too dry, add up to one more tablespoon of water.
• On a floured board with a floured rolling pin, roll out dough into large circle.
• Gently lift into a 9-10 inch pie plate or tart tin.
• Trim the edges, patch any holes, and flute the crust.
• Chill for 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Place a sheet of aluminum foil in the bottom of the crust and weigh it down with some dry rice or beans.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Remove the crust from the oven and carefully lift out the foil and beans or rice.
• Bake for 5 more minutes; then cool.
• To make the filling, heat 2 cups blueberries, 2 Tbsp water and the sugar in a small saucepan.
• Crush a few berries with a spoon to relese some juice.
• When the berries have softened and become juicy, add the cornstarch mixture.
• Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the mixture thickens.
• Remove from the heat and stir in one more cup of blueberries.
• Pour the berry mixture in to the pie shell.
• Top with the remaining 2 cups of blueberries.
• Cool for at least one hour.
• Serve plain or topped with fresh whipped cream.