Fresh Fruit Tarts

[fitfool]

Summer has kept me happily supplied with berries. So I decided to try making fresh fruit tarts after being inspired by hoorayformegan's post. Came out beautifully. I found the dough for the crust was difficult to work with, sticking to the counter top and my fingers. The dough also broke apart easily. I got 13 tarts, 1 extra shell, and 1 broken shell that I

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[asifallforever]

How do you make everything look soooooooooo good???

[fitfool]

Thanks...got lucky with these :0

[fitfool]

Thanks for the tip. Is apple pectin something I can pick up at the grocery store?

[rogerdoger]

Boy those look yummy for my tummy.

[fitfool]

"yummy for my tummy" now reminds me of Anchorman whenever I hear that phrase :)

[pondhopper]

I had Very Berry pie today and was in heaven. We can get strawberries in Spain in abundance but there are no blueberries, not many raspberries or any other berries for that matter. So when I´m here, berries are high on my list of things I love to eat.

I don´t think I´d care for the cream cheese filling either but the tarts look beautiful.

[fitfool]

Oh...if you can grow strawberries, I would think other berries would also grow in that climate. Thanks for the compliment :)

[pondhopper]

No...it doesn´t always work that way. Strawberries are small plants and most other berries grow on bushes and require other sorts of climates and much cooler night temperatures, e.g. Cranberries need bogs and blueberries need cool and rainy. Strawberries are irrigated and grow in poorer soil conditions. There are so many factors. I guess that also there is no tradition of berries other than strawberries in Spain
:(
So I have to take advantage of the season while I´m here.
:)

[mysticchyna]

i'm just catching up. these look right out of a fancy magazine. great job.
i'm glad you are seeming to be getting back into cooking.

[fitfool]

Thank you! My tummy's glad too.