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Blueberry and Cherry Browned Butter Tart

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Cooling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Author Eva Kosmas Flores

Ingredients

Crust

  • 2 and 1/2 Cups Flour
  • 1 Cup Unsalted Butter cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  • 1/4 Cup Crushed Pecans
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Teaspoon Sugar
  • 4 to 8 Tablespoons Ice Water

Filling

  • 3/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter diced
  • 1/4 Cup Flour
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
  • 6 Ounces Fresh Blueberries
  • 6 Ounces Fresh Dark Sweet Cherries pitted

Instructions

  1. For the crust, combine the flour, sugar, ground pecans and salt in a food processor. Add the butter and pulse 8 times. Add the ice water one tablespoon at a time until it just begins to clump together. If you pinch it and it holds together, it’s ready, if not it needs more water. Knead the dough and shape it into a disc. Cover it with plastic and refrigerate it for 30 minutes. Then roll it out until it is about 1 cm thick and place it in a well-greased tart pan, about 8 x 8 inches in size. If you want, you can cut out decorative shapes from the remaining dough and place it around the tart’s edges.

  2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium sized bowl, mix together the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, salt and two of the eggs until well blended. Add the flour and blend until the mixture is even in consistency. Set the bowl aside.
  3. Meanwhile, cook the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it turns a soft, nutty brown. This should take about 6 minutes. Then immediately remove the pan from the heat and gradually blend it into the flour-egg mixture.
  4. Pour the batter into the tart crust and then arrange the blueberries and cherries in the batter. Whisk the single remaining egg and lightly brush the exposed crust with the egg mixture. Place the tart in the oven and bake for about 40 minutes, or until the batter has baked into cake form and is golden brown.