Recipe - Caramelized Orange Tart With Blackberry Puree

CRUST
1 One half cup All purpose flour; (plus 3
tablespoons)
One half cup Powdered sugar
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One half cup Unsalted butter; (plus 3
tablespoons), chilled cut
into One half inch pieces
1 lg Egg; beaten to blend
2 teaspoon Ice water; (about)

FILLING
4 lg Eggs
1 cup Sugar
One half cup Orange juice
2 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoon Orange peel; grated
One fourth cup Whipping cream
2 tablespoon Powdered sugar

BLACKBERRY PUREE
16 ounce Frozen unsweetened
blackberries; thawed
6 tablespoon Sugar

For Crust: Mix flour, powdered sugar and salt in processor. Add butter and
cut in using on/off turns until mixture resembles coarse meal. Mix in
beaten egg. Mix in enough ice water by teaspoonfuls to form moist clumps.
Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate at
least 30 minutes. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Soften slightly
at room temperature before rolling out.)

Roll out dough on floured surface to 14inch round. Roll up dough on
rolling pin; transfer to 11 inch diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
Trim dough to 1 inch overhang. Fold in overhang to form doublethick sides
extending One fourth inch above sides of pan, pressing to adhere. Pierce crust
with fork in several places. Freeze crust 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 375øF. Bake crust until set and light golden, piercing with
fork if crust bubbles, about 18 minutes. Cool completely.

For Filling: Blend eggs and next 4 ingredients in processor. Add cream and
blend until smooth. Pour into cooled crust. Bake tart until filling is set,
about 25 minutes. Cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

Preheat broiler. To make foil cover to protect crust edges during broiling,
cut out 12inch round of foil. Cut out center of foil, leaving 2inchwide
circle. Place foil circle atop tart, covering crust edges. Dust center of
tart with powdered sugar. Broil tart until sugar melts and is golden,
watching closely and rotating tart for even broiling, about 1 minute.

Transfer pan to rack. Remove foil circle. Cool tart at least 30 minutes.
Remove pan sides. Serve tart slightly warm or at room temperature with
Blackberry Puree.

For Puree: Puree berries and sugar in processor. Strain through fine sieve;
discard seeds. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill.)

Tarla Fallgatter has been teaching cooking classes for more than 15 years.
She was trained in France at Le Cordon Bleu, La Varenne and Ecole Lenotre

Printed in Bon Appetit April 1998

Typed and Busted by Carriej999@AOL.com 4/98

Recipe by: Tarla Fallgatter

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Carriej999 Carriej999@aol.com on Apr 5,
1998