Fresh fruit tarts are usually considered summer fare, but they actually make a fabulous, gorgeous dessert any time of the year: just choose what’s in season (and cook it if you like), then pair it with a creamy custard filling and pastry crust.
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RecipeSeptember: Fresh Fig & Raspberry Tart
This gorgeous tart shows off fresh figs and raspberries like the jewels that they are. A little raspberry liqueur in the filling enhances the flavor. -
RecipeOctober:Custard Tart with Wine-Poached Grapes
The mix of navel and blood oranges arranged over a brown-butter custard filling make this tart a showstopper for the holiday table. -
RecipeNovember: Wine-Poached Pear & Almond Tart
Poaching pears in red wine turns them a deep ruby hue. Sliced and fanned out over the pastry cream, they make a gorgeous tart that would be a showstopping finish for Thanksgiving dinner. -
RecipeDecember: Orange and Brown Butter Tart
The mix of navel and blood oranges arranged over a brown-butter custard filling make this tart a showstopper for the holiday table. -
RecipeJanuary: Tropical Fruit Tart
A rum-laced banana cream filling and a coconut crust underscore the mango and pineapple topping this tart, perfect for those winter days when you're yearning to escape to the tropics. -
RecipeFebruary: Chocolate & Caramelized Banana Tart
A dream for chocolate lovers, this tart combines caramelized ripe bananas, a cocoa crust, chocolate-cream filling and shards of dark chocolate that play off the bananas’ creamy sweetness. -
RecipeMarch: Apple Rosette Tart with Maple Cream
Maple season begins in late winter in New England, the first sign of the coming spring. Pair maple syrup with winter apples in this fresh tart that harkens to warmer days. -
RecipeApril: Grapefruit Tart
The classic fruit tart we've seen in countless bakeries combines a rainbow of mixed fruit over a simple vanilla filling. It's best in high summer, when you can combine many different types of fruit. -
RecipeMay: Strawberry & Kiwi Tart with Honey Cream
Berries return! This gorgeous tart highlights some of spring’s most beautiful produce, underscored by a mild honey cream filling. -
RecipeJune: Mixed Berry Tarts with Lemony Filling
This tart balances a tart lemon-curd-cream filling with the sweetness of ripe summer berries. -
RecipeJuly: Mixed Fruit Tart
The classic fruit tart we've seen in countless bakeries combines a rainbow of mixed fruit over a simple vanilla filling. It's best in high summer, when you can combine many different types of fruit. -
RecipeAugust: Blackberry Elderflower Tart
Elderflower liqueur adds a haunting floral-pear fragrance to the light pastry cream filling, contrasting the deeply flavored late-summer blackberries.
