Peaches and Cream Tart
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Ingredients
  • Tart Shell
  • ½ cup butter
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1¼ cup flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 4 tablespoon almond paste
  • Cream Cheese Filling
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • pinch of salt
  • Fruit Topping
  • 3 - 4 peaches
  • 3-4 tablespoons sugar – depends on the ripeness and your taste
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon corn starch
  • pinch of salt
Instructions
  1. Mise en place ~ Gather ingredients
  2. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C.
  3. Make the crust.
  4. Cream the butter and sugar.
  5. Stir in the vanilla.
  6. Gently mix in the flour.
  7. Press into the bottom of a 9 inch tart pan.
  8. Sprinkle almond paste; chill
  9. Bake for about 15 minutes until golden.
  10. Remove from the oven; allow to cool while prepping the filling and peaches.
  11. Peel, pit and slice peaches
  12. Make sure to add the lemon juice before the peaches turn dark.
  13. Sprinkle with sugar and cornstarch.
  14. Macerate your peaches while making the crust
  15. Add the cream cheese mixture.
  16. Place peach slices in concentric circles.
  17. Bake tart for 25-30 minutes.
  18. Place the juice in the microwave; cook 15 seconds at a time until thickened.
  19. Glaze the top of the tart with the thickened juice when you remove it from the oven.
Notes
Almond Paste

Ingredients
1-1/2 cups blanched almonds = 150 g.
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar = 262.5 g
1 egg white
1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract
¼ teaspoon salt
Recipe by Make Mine Lemon at https://www.makeminelemon.com/peaches-cream-tart/