A recipe for a sweet & spicy simple winter fruit tart.
Dinner in our home is often an easy affair. But we love to cook as much as possible from scratch and to eat as healthily (and tastily as possible). This simple winter fruit tart is filled with autumn and winter fruits and full of sweet spices. It’s perfect for cheering up any grey day (the ideal way to help beat the winter blues).
This is a perfect dessert for prepping before you head out on a winter walk. Sticking it in the oven as soon as you’re back in for a delicious warming treat.
Or it’s great with pots of tea when friends come over.
What’s great about it is every member of the family will love it. It’s super simple to put together and so tasty it looks like much more thought must have gone into it.
Ingredients:
- Seasonal fruits. We used 6 large dessert pears, a large punnet of plums and a punnet of blackberries. But you can add whichever fruits come to hand. Or ones you and your guests fancy.
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp ginger – we used ground but fresh would give it an even nicer, spicier kick
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- Freshly rolled shop-bought shortcrust pastry (unless you have time to make your own)
What to do to make our recipe for a sweet & spicy simple winter fruit tart
- Cut your pears into quarters, removing the core.
- De-stone the plums and cut them into quarters too.
- Lightly stew the pears and plums for three minutes in boiling water and then drain them.
- Add fruit to a bowl, including the blackberries, and mix them in the flour, sugar and spices.
- Roll out your pastry and cut it to size to fit a baking tin.
- Place pastry on baking paper and add the fruits to the middle of the pastry, ensuring you have a good gap around the edges. Aim for at least an inch.
- Fold the edges in.
- Sprinkle a little more sugar and spices over the top.
- Add to a preheated oven at 200c / 390f for around 25 minutes.
- You want the pastry to be starting to turn golden but not brown.
- Serve with a pot of steaming tea and enjoy!
If you enjoy this fruit tart then check out our recipe for these amazing strawberry and cream waffles. Check out more of our travel inspired recipes here.
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A sweet & spicy simple winter fruit tart
Ingredients
Method
- Cut your pears into quarters, removing the core and de-stone the plums and cut them into quarters too. Lightly stew the pears and plums for three minutes in boiling water and then drain them.
- Add fruit to a bowl, including the blackberries, and mix them in the flour, sugar and spices.
- Roll out your pastry and cut it to size to fit a baking tin.
- Place pastry on baking paper and add the fruits to the middle of the pastry, ensuring you have a good gap around the edges – aim for at least an inch.
- Fold the edges in.
- Sprinkle a little more sugar and spices over the top and add to a preheated oven at 200c / 390f for around 25 minutes. You want the pastry to be starting to turn golden but not brown.
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Love the wonderful Winter tart recipe! I will make it again, however, cut down on the spices (a little goes a long way; use something like 1/4 – 1/2 of recommendation) to have fruit flavor be more prominent. Thank you for sharing this terrific recipe and dish!
Thank you so much, I’m really pleased you enjoyed it.