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FRESH FIG TART WITH HONEY AND PISTACHIOS

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fig, honey, little epicurean, tart

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
  • 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter cut into tablespoons, cold
  • 1 egg yolk cold

Filling

  • 8 oz package cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • green figs or purple figs quartered, as needed
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • Pistachios or toasted hazelnuts Chopped

Instructions

Crust

  • In a food process, combine flour, almond flour, salt, and sugar. Pulse to mix.
  • Add cold butter. Pulse 4 times at 3 second intervals to lightly mix together the ingredients. Add egg yolk and pulse until dough begins to come together.
  • Dump the dough onto a clean working surface. Gather the dough together and push into a ball. Flatten dough to about 1-inch thickness.
  • Wrap dough in plastic wrap and let chill in the fridge for 30 minutes, or until well chilled.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll dough out on a lightly floured work surface. Press dough onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Let cool on wire rack to room temperature before filling with cream cheese.

Filling

  • Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar and honey. Mix until combined. Spread cream cheese filling into cooled tart shell.
  • Arrange cut figs on top of cream cheese filling. Cover with plastic wrap and keep chilled in the fridge until ready to serve.
  • Before serving, sprinkle with Demerara Sugar and caramelize.
  • Drizzle honey over tart and sprinkle nuts on top