With a candy pastry crust and clean mascarpone cream filling, do-it-yourself recent fruit tart is just elegant. This eye-catching, colourful dessert is surprisingly simple to organize. Plus, it can save you time and make the crust and cream prematurely! See my make-ahead directions beneath.
I initially printed this recipe in 2016 and have since made some adjustments to the pastry crust so it’s faster and simpler, and added new photographs.
A recent fruit tart is the sort of dessert that appears such as you poured your coronary heart and soul into it, when in actuality you made the pastry crust yesterday, the cream filling takes about 5 minutes, and also you spent more often than not snacking on all of the fruit you had been slicing.
One other fantastic factor about this stunning dessert is that there’s minimal bake time, which makes it a favourite within the summertime! The crust solely bakes for about 25 minutes, then you definately let it cool and fill it with the great things. You can also make the crust forward of time after which fill it the subsequent day.
I’ve a whole lot of step-by-step footage for you in the present day. Whereas this recipe may be very manageable, I would like you to have full confidence earlier than starting. Let’s dive into this brilliantly coloured magnificence!
3 Components to Contemporary Fruit Tart
- Tender Pastry Crust
- Flippantly Sweetened Vanilla Cream Filling
- Contemporary Fruit Topping with a Shiny End
Begin by Making the 5-Ingredient Pastry Crust
Since first publishing this recipe on my web site, I’ve made a couple of small updates to the crust to make it even higher. It’s now faster, simpler, and also you don’t want pie weights. It’s the identical base I exploit for the lemon curd tart in my cookbook Sally’s Baking 101, and it’s basically a French-style pâte sucrée (candy tart crust).
Its shortbread-like texture strikes the proper stability between crisp and tender and holds up even after chilling, making it an excellent companion for the blanket of vanilla cream and mountain of recent fruit.
Listed here are all of the substances you want:
- Flour: All-purpose flour is the bottom of this pastry crust.
- Confectioners’ Sugar: Simply sufficient to frivolously sweeten the crust.
- Salt: For taste stability.
- Butter: You want room-temperature butter: keep in mind, it’s cooler than you suppose!
- Egg: Ensure it’s chilly.
A meals processor makes this dough come collectively simply. In the event you don’t have one, you should utilize a stand or hand mixer as an alternative.
Pulse/beat Tablespoon-size items of softened butter into your dry substances:
Then pulse/beat in an egg to make a gentle dough, like this:
Press the gentle dough right into a greased 9-inch tart pan with detachable sides.
Prick the floor of the underside crust throughout with a fork. That is referred to as docking, and we do it once we par-bake pie crust, too, to permit for steam to flee and assist forestall the empty crust from effervescent up because it bakes. It might nonetheless bubble up a bit—that’s regular.
Freeze the crust earlier than baking so it holds form within the oven. In any other case, it should soften and droop within the tart pan. Freeze for not less than half-hour, or as much as 1 day if making forward.
To make for simple dealing with once you take it out of the oven, bake the tart crust set on high of a baking sheet. It’s all too simple to overlook your tart pan has detachable sides, belief me on this!
That’s it, your crust is completed. It wants to chill utterly earlier than you fill it.
5-Ingredient Vanilla Mascarpone Cream Filling
Many fruit tarts name for an in depth pastry cream filling; whereas undeniably scrumptious (and you must completely be happy to make use of that as an alternative in the event you’d like!), we’re holding it easy for in the present day’s recent fruit tart.
Simply 5 substances wanted for our low-effort cream filling:
- Heavy Cream: We’re whipping the cream into stiff peaks, then folding the whipped cream into the remainder of the filling. That is form of how we put together no bake cheesecake, too.
- Mascarpone: Softer than cream cheese, this delicate creamy goodness is what we use to make tiramisu, so that you already know this filling goes to be one thing particular! In the event you don’t have (or don’t like) mascarpone, use a block of room-temperature cream cheese as an alternative. See recipe Observe beneath.
- Confectioners’ Sugar: Similar to with the crust, we’re frivolously sweetening the filling with some powdered sugar, which retains the feel good and clean.
- Lemon Zest: A bit of recent lemon zest provides a zingy brilliant word to the filling, which pairs completely with the fruit topping.
- Vanilla: For greatest taste (and people beautiful teeny specks), use a mixture of pure vanilla extract and vanilla bean seeds, or vanilla bean paste. Vanilla pairs splendidly with subtly candy and buttery mascarpone, and since it’s the primary taste you’ll style on this dreamy, creamy filling, this isn’t the place to scrimp.
Beneath, left: Whipped cream, a lot of the confectioners’ sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla.
Beneath, proper: Mascarpone gently blended with the remaining sugar:
Fold the contents of each bowls collectively, after which unfold into the cooled crust:
Contemporary Fruit Topping
Right here’s the place you’ve gotten full inventive management. When choosing fruit for a fruit tart, I search for variation in colour, texture, and dimension—in addition to what flavors pair properly collectively. Beautify the tart with concentric circles or rows of fruit, or just pile all of it on high.
Regardless of how creative you determine to get, it should style scrumptious!
For a shiny shine, brush the highest of the fruit with a simple glaze. Select a light-color jam/preserves similar to orange, peach, or apricot, and whisk it with some water to skinny it out. That is what is going to make your fruit tart look identical to those you see in a elaborate pastry show case; and since the tart itself isn’t overly candy, it’s the proper ending factor.
Right here is my all-berry model, with further whipped cream on high:
A brilliant and cheerful recent fruit tart is an excellent alternative for summer season vacation gatherings and celebrations. See extra 4th of July desserts.
Extra Recipes with Contemporary Fruit
Description
Methods to make do-it-yourself recent fruit tart with buttery pastry crust and mascarpone cream filling. Save time and put together the crust and cream forward of time! See my make-ahead ideas beneath the written recipe.
Crust
Vanilla Mascarpone Cream
Fruit Topping
- Flippantly grease a 9-inch tart pan with a detachable base with nonstick spray.
- Make the crust: In a meals processor, mix the flour, confectioners’ sugar, and salt and pulse or course of on low pace to mix. Add the butter, 1 Tablespoon at a time, pulsing a couple of occasions after every addition. Add the egg and pulse solely till the dough comes collectively in a clump. The dough ought to be gentle. Switch it to a frivolously floured floor and press it right into a 1-inch-thick disc. *In the event you don’t have a meals processor, use a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat the dry substances collectively, after which beat within the butter on medium pace 1 Tablespoon at a time, after which beat within the egg.*
- Place the gentle dough within the ready pan and use your arms to press it evenly into the pan and up the edges. It might look like you don’t have sufficient dough at first, however maintain urgent. Use the underside of a metallic measuring cup to press the perimeters firmly towards the rim of the pan. Flatten the highest edge so it’s even with the rim of the pan, or use a paring knife to trim. Save the scraps to patch up any thin-looking areas. Prick the underside of the crust throughout with a fork. Cowl and freeze for not less than half-hour or as much as 1 day.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Take away the crust from the freezer and place the tart pan on a big baking sheet for simple dealing with.
- Bake for 25 minutes or till the crust seems set. Place on a cooling rack to chill utterly.
- Make the cream filling: Utilizing a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the heavy cream, 6 Tbsp (45g) confectioners’ sugar, the lemon zest, vanilla extract, and vanilla bean seeds till stiff peaks kind, about 3–4 minutes. In a small bowl utilizing a fork, gently combine the mascarpone with the remaining confectioners’ sugar. Don’t over-mix; you solely wish to clean out the mascarpone right here. Over-mixing will lead to a separated combination.
- Switch the mascarpone combination to the whipped cream combination. Fold along with a silicone spatula or beat on low pace till mixed. Use immediately (subsequent step), or cowl and refrigerate the filling for as much as 3 days earlier than utilizing.
- Unfold the filling into the cooled crust. I normally use a small offset spatula for this. Refrigerate till able to garnish with fruit, or garnish immediately.
- Prime the tart: Garnish the tart with recent fruit. Use a fork to whisk collectively the jam and water in a small microwave-safe bowl. Heat for about 15 seconds within the microwave, then brush the glaze on high of the fruit.
- Slice and luxuriate in! Retailer leftover fruit tart, lined, within the fridge for as much as 3 days.
Notes
- Make Forward & Freezing Directions: Put together the crust via step 3 and refrigerate for as much as 1 day. You can too put together and bake the crust, then let the crust cool within the pan to room temperature. Put the tart crust within the freezer for about 1 hour to let it agency up, then wrap it in plastic and freeze it for as much as a month. When able to serve, unwrap the crust and let it thaw earlier than filling and adorning. The mascarpone cream can be ready forward and refrigerated for as much as 3 days earlier than utilizing.
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Meals Processor | 9-inch Tart Pan | Electrical Mixer (Handheld or Stand) | Glass Mixing Bowl | Silicone Spatula | Small Offset Spatula | Pastry Brush
- Can I Use a Pie Dish As an alternative? Sure, you should utilize a 9-inch pie dish as an alternative of a 9-inch tart pan. Reducing into the pie neatly will probably be difficult although. You might wish to line the pan with parchment paper so you’ll be able to raise the baked and cooled crust out earlier than filling/adorning.
- Can I Use Cream Cheese As an alternative of Mascarpone? Sure, completely! Use 1 8-ounce block of full-fat cream cheese. Cream cheese ought to be room temperature. The remainder of the directions stay the identical.
- Can I Use Pastry Cream As an alternative of the Mascarpone Filling? Sure! Right here is my pastry cream recipe. Ensure it has chilled earlier than utilizing.
- Crust Replace in 2025: The crust portion of this recipe was up to date in 2025 to be faster, simpler, and require fewer instruments. In the event you’d prefer to make the unique model, the crust referred to as for: 2 Tablespoons (30ml) chilly heavy cream, 1 massive egg, 1 and 1/2 cups (188g) all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup (60g) confectioners’ sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, very chilly and cubed. Whisk the heavy cream and egg collectively. Put aside. To make use of a pastry cutter: Whisk the flour, confectioners’ sugar, and salt collectively in a medium bowl. Place the cubed butter on high and minimize in utilizing the pastry cutter till your entire combination resembles pea-sized crumbs or use a meals processor for this. Pour the heavy cream combination on high and stir/pulse to mix. Flatten dough right into a 1-inch thick disc. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour or as much as 2 days. Take away dough from the fridge and use a rolling pin to roll out right into a 9-inch circle. Press evenly right into a greased 9-inch tart pan together with up the edges. Refrigerate because the oven preheats. Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). Take away crust from the fridge, line the within with parchment paper, and fill with pie weights. Bake the crust for 12 minutes, take away crust from the oven, scale back oven warmth to 350°F (177°C), and thoroughly take away the foil and weights. Use a fork to prick a couple of holes into the underside of the crust and bake, with out weights, for 7–10 extra minutes or till frivolously golden brown.
- Can I Make Mini Fruit Tarts? Sure. This crust suits properly into about six 4-inch mini tart pans, similar to these mini 4-inch tart pans. You should use bigger tart pans for fewer tarts. Bake the mini crusts till frivolously browned on the edges. The 4-inch dimension took about quarter-hour in my oven. Look forward to them to chill, then fill and embellish.
