Devonshire Fruit Tart Recipe
This Devonshire Fruit Tart recipe is from family cookbook and you can be rest assured that it works. This Devonshire Fruit Tart when served as a Dessert will bring happiness in your dining room. This Devonshire Fruit Tart recipe is sure to sweep you off your feet!
Ingredients
Shortcrust pastry (or whichever pastry
you fancy)
1 cup icing sugar
1/2-cup cream
3 medium bananas
1/2-cup grapes
1 lb. cream cheese
1 tblspn, grated lemonpeel
1 cup canned cherries
1 cup apricot )am (smooth)
4 pineapple slices (drained and quartered)
2 cups orange sections
1 tblspn, lemon juice
Directions
Roll out the pastry.
Grease the outside of a baking tin approx.
14" x 14" x 2" deep and cover with the pastry, turning over the edges to make a firm rim.
Place the tin on a baking sheet, prick the pastry all over and bake at 400° F for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and remove the pastry very carefully onto a baking sheet.
Return to the oven and bake for about 5 minutes until the inside is golden brown.
Cool.
Blend cream cheese, sugar, lemon peel and cream and beat until smooth.
Chill for 2 hrs.
Slice bananas and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Assemble the tart, starting with a layer of cream cheese mixture and covering it with rows of fruit.
Heat the jam and glaze the fruit with it.
Refrigerate for one hour before serving.
Grease the outside of a baking tin approx.
14" x 14" x 2" deep and cover with the pastry, turning over the edges to make a firm rim.
Place the tin on a baking sheet, prick the pastry all over and bake at 400° F for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and remove the pastry very carefully onto a baking sheet.
Return to the oven and bake for about 5 minutes until the inside is golden brown.
Cool.
Blend cream cheese, sugar, lemon peel and cream and beat until smooth.
Chill for 2 hrs.
Slice bananas and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Assemble the tart, starting with a layer of cream cheese mixture and covering it with rows of fruit.
Heat the jam and glaze the fruit with it.
Refrigerate for one hour before serving.
