Cranberry Jam Tart Recipes

Steps:

• Sort cranberries, discarding any stems and bruised or decayed fruit; rinse and drain berries.
• In a 3- to 4-quart pan over medium heat, stir cranberries, 1 cup sugar, apple juice, and lemon juice occasionally until berries have broken down and released their juices and mixture is bubbly, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Stir in jam and cook 1 minute longer.
• Whirl mixture in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Press through a fine strainer into a bowl, extracting as much liquid as possible with the back of a spoon or a spatula; discard seeds and skins.
• Cover and chill until cold, at least 1 hour, or up to 3 days (see notes).
• With a mixer, beat butter with 3/4 cup sugar until smooth; beat in egg yolks.
• Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt until well blended.
• Divide dough into two slightly unequal portions.
• Wrap the larger portion in plastic and flatten into a rectangular shape.
• Press the smaller portion over bottom and up sides, to rim, of a 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable rim.
• Chill wrapped dough and tart shell until firm, at least 1 hour, or up to 3 days (see notes).
• Spoon jam mixture into tart shell and spread level.
• Unwrap the second portion of dough and place on a lightly floured surface.
• With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out dough into a shape that closely approximates an 8- by 10-inch rectangle.
• With a knife or fluted cutter, cut dough into eight 1- by 10-inch strips.
• Arrange four strips over filling about 1 inch apart.
• Place remaining strips over tart at a 45° angle to the first set of strips.
• Trim edges flush with dough in pan.
• Sprinkle top of tart lightly with sugar.
• Place tart on an uninsulated baking sheet and bake on the lower rack of a 350° regular or convection oven, rotating tart halfway through baking time, until top is golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• NOTES: You can make the jam mixture (step 1) and the dough (step 2) for this tart up to 3 days ahead; cover separately and chill.

Steps:

• In a large covered kettle, simmer cranberries and water for 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Press berries through a strainer; discard skins. Strain mixture through a double layer of cheesecloth (juice will drip through; discard or set aside for another use). Measure 6 cups of the pulp that remains in the cheesecloth and place in the kettle. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes, stirring frequently. Pour into freezer containers. Cool. Refrigerate or freeze.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Tip the flour, salt and icing sugar into a food processor and blitz to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Drizzle in the beaten egg yolks, then quickly pulse to combine. Add 1-2 tbsp of ice-cold water and pulse again until it comes together. Tip out onto a lightly floured surface, then form into a disc, cover and chill for 30 mins.
• Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to a roughly 25cm circle that's the thickness of a £1 coin. Use it to line a 20cm fluted tart tin, leaving the excess overhanging the side. Line with baking parchment and baking beans and bake for 15 mins. Remove the beans and parchment and bake for 7-10 mins more until the base is evenly cooked. Trim away any excess pastry with a serrated knife.
• For the jam, tip the cranberries, sugar and liqueur into a saucepan set over a medium heat. Simmer for 10-15 mins until the mixture has thickened and is reduced, then remove from the heat. Set aside.
• For the frangipane, beat the butter and caster sugar together with an electric whisk until combined. Add half the orange zest, the ground almonds, crushed amaretti biscuits, the almond extract and eggs, and beat for a further minute. Spread the cranberry jam over the base of the pastry case, then spoon over the frangipane. Scatter over the flaked almonds and bake for 35-40 mins until the frangipane is golden and firm - check after 35 mins and cover if it's starting to brown too quickly. Leave to cool completely in the tin.
• Beat the icing sugar with 1 tbsp orange juice and the remaining orange zest to create a thick but drizzly icing. Drizzle this over the cooled tart before serving. Will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Pulse together all crust ingredients in a food processor just until a dough forms. Press dough evenly onto bottom and up side of quiche pan with floured fingers. Chill shell until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line shell with foil and fill with pie weights, then bake until edge is pale golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Carefully remove foil and pie weights and bake shell until edge is golden and bottom is pale golden, 15 to 20 minutes more. Cool completely in pan on a rack.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300°F.
• Make filling:
• Blend cream cheese, crème fraîche, and sugar in cleaned food processor until creamy, about 1 minute. Add whole eggs, yolks, bourbon, vanilla, nutmeg, and salt and process until smooth.
• Melt jam with water in a small heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring until smooth. Spread half of jam evenly over bottom of shell(reserving remaining jam in saucepan). Let layer of jam stand until set, about 5 minutes, then gently pour cream cheese mixture over it.
• Bake tart:
• Cover edge of tart shell with pie shield or foil and bake until filling is set but still trembles slightly in center, 35 to 40 minutes (filling will continue to set as it cools).
• Cool tart completely in pan on a rack. Reheat remaining jam over low heat, stirring, until pourable, then pour over filling and spread evenly with offset spatula. Chill tart, uncovered, until cold, at least 2 hours.
• Just before serving, remove side of pan.