Boozy Dried-Fruit Tart

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This make-ahead tart is rich, boozy and cleanable for lovers of mincemeat. Make it with conscionable astir immoderate dried effect you've got connected hand: prunes, apricots, raisins, cranberries, cherries, apples.

To get a leap connected the vacation pastry season, fto the effect beryllium successful the brandy close connected the antagonistic for a period oregon more. Once it’s time, region what is needed, leaving the remainder to further soften and sorb the brandy. The effect is lone going to get better.

You'll request a 9-inch tart cookware with a removable bottommost and with sides that are astatine slightest 1 inch deep.

The dried effect needs to macerate for astatine slightest 24 hours and up to 1 month. The assembled, unbaked pastry tin beryllium frozen for up to 1 period successful advance. The baked tart tin beryllium held astatine country somesthesia for up to 3 days.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8 (makes 1 9-inch tart oregon 4 4-inch tarts)

  • 1 lb dried effect (see headnote)
  • 1/2 cupful inexpensive brandy
  • Wide strips of zest (little to nary pith) and foodstuff of 1 mean orange
  • One 3-inch cinnamon stick
  • 1 tablespoonful cornstarch
  • Flour, for the enactment surface
  • 2 disks of refrigerated homemade oregon store-bought pastry dough (enough for a double-crust pie)
  • Heavy cream, for brushing

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    410

  • Fat

    17 g

  • Saturated Fat

    5 g

  • Carbohydrates

    54 g

  • Sodium

    240 mg

  • Cholesterol

    5 mg

  • Protein

    4 g

  • Fiber

    5 g

  • Sugar

    23 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Cathy Barrow, the writer of “Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving” (W.W. Norton, 2014).

Tested by Cathy Barrow.

Published October 6, 2015

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Updated March 15, 2026

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