Strawberry Almond Cream Tart

Submitted by Mom2Rose

"From Cooking Light "Prepare the crust and filling up to 2 days ahead; assemble the morning of your brunch. You'll have extra glaze--try it on ice cream or pound cake.""

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 10 pieces
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• Crust

• 36 honey graham crackers (about 9 sheets)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 teaspoons water

• Filling

• 2⁄3 cup light cream cheese
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract

• Topping

• 6 cups small fresh strawberries, divided
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. To prepare crust, place crackers in a food processor; process until crumbly.
3. Add 2 tablespoons sugar, butter, and water; pulse just until moist.
4. Place mixture in a 9-inch round removable-bottom tart pan coated with cooking spray, pressing into bottom and up sides of pan to 3/4 inch.
5. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
6. Cool completely on a wire rack.
7. To prepare filling, combine cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, and extracts in a medium bowl; stir until smooth.
8. Spread mixture evenly over bottom of tart shell.
9. To prepare topping, place 2 cups strawberries in food processor; process until pureed.
10. Combine strawberry puree, 2/3 cup sugar, and cornstarch in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a whisk.
11. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
12. Reduce heat to low; cook 1 minute.
13. Remove glaze from heat, and cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
14. Combine 4 cups strawberries and juice; toss to coat.
15. Arrange berries, bottoms up, in a circular pattern over filling.
16. Spoon half of glaze evenly over berries (reserve remaining glaze for another use).
17. Sprinkle nuts around edge.
18. Cover and chill 3 hours.
19. Note: You can use either an 8 x 12-inch rectangular pan or a 9-inch round tart pan. The recipe also works with a 9-inch springform pan and a 10-inch pie plate.

Reviews

[elisechristiane]

I made this for Mother's Day. It was soooooo good. And the graham cracker crust stayed together perfectly even though I was worried about it crumbling. I will definitely be making this again.

 

[ShaGun]

Fabulous!!!! I'll definitely make this again. I used 1 tsp almond extract and did not make the glaze (because fresh strawberries are so expensive here). Instead I used 1/2 cup strawberry preserves that I melted in the microwave. That way I only used 2 cups fresh strawberries. I halved them, placing them cut side down over the cream cheese filling.