
Cook over medium heat, whisking continuously, until the mixture is thickened enough to coat a spatula, 5 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently and scraping the corners of the saucepan Discard the remaining pulp and return the puree to the saucepanĪdd the lemon juice, sugar, salt, eggs, and egg yolks to the cranberry puree and whisk to combine. Remove from the heat and press the cranberries through a fine-mesh sieve with a silicone spatula, extracting as much puree as possible. Stir over medium heat until the cranberries burst and start to break down, about 5 minutes. Keep the tart shell in the pan, cool completely, and store in the fridge or freezer until ready to fill.ġ5 ounces (425 grams) cranberries, fresh or frozenĦ tablespoons (85 grams) butter, at room temperature, cut into ½-inch cubes methodĬombine the cranberries and 2 tablespoons of water in a 2-quart saucepan. It will continue to crisp up as it cools. Place the tart pan on a baking sheet to catch any butter drips that occur during baking and to provide stability as you transfer the tart shell in and out of the oven.īake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crust is no longer shiny with butter. Make sure the edges and the bottom are compact and of even thickness. Use your fingers to pack the mixture tightly into the pan, going all the way up the sides, then use your palm to flatten the bottom. Turn the mixture out into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Drizzle in the melted butter and pulse until the mixture comes together like wet sand. Put the cookies in a food processor and blitz until the cookies are a uniformly sandy texture. This tart is best consumed within 2 days.ģ2 (250 grams) packaged Speculoos cookiesĦ tablespoons (¾ stick/85 grams) unsalted butter, melted method Keep in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Build out from your starting point and slowly fill the whole surface, gradually working your way to the other edge. Continue cutting shapes, alternating among fruits, and puzzling the pieces together on the tart. I avoid shapes with more than four sides mainly to save time, but if manually sliced hexagons or even hendecagons (back to Google…) are your thing, by all means, go wild! This is your tart, your life.Ĭut another shape, perhaps a rhombus, from a slice of dragon fruit, and fit it next to the kiwi. Generally, polygons like triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids work well for this design. Place it along a tart edge.Ĭut another shape from a kiwi slice and place it next to the mango, leaving some space between the fruit, not unlike tile grout lines. Otherwise, throw math to the wind and cut any sort of shape with three sides. Pause here if you feel the need to Google image search some triangles.

Arrange the fruit slices on a large plate organized by type.Ĭut any type of triangle-equilateral, scalene, obtuse, acute, isosceles, right-from a piece of mango, slicing as close to the edge as possible to maximize the yield of each fruit slice. Peel and cut the fruit into ¼-inch slices.


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Note, for design alternatives, you can opt to use a single variety of fruit for a monochromatic aesthetic, and you can also arrange your tangrams to cover only a crescent-shaped area of the surface rather than the full slate. 1 Cranberry and Speculoos Tart (recipe below)
