Blood Orange Tart

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Description

This citrus-y tart with a shortbread crust is made with colorful blood orange juice, zest, and slices for garnish.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ⅓ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup blood orange juice
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons blood orange zest
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1 blood orange, thinly sliced

Instructions

  1. Lightly grease a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
  2. Combine flour
  3. sugar
  4. vanilla extract
  5. and salt in a food processor. Pulse a few times to combine. Add cold butter and pulse several more times until the mixture resembles coarse sand; mixture will be very crumbly. Pour mixture into the prepared tart pan. Use damp hands to press crumbs together evenly along the bottom and up the sides of the pan to form a crust. Use a fork to gently prick the bottom of the crust several times. Place crust in the freezer for 15 minutes.
  6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  7. Remove crust from freezer and place it on a cookie sheet. Line the crust with aluminum foil and fill with dried beans.
  8. Bake in the preheated oven until crust begins to turn golden brown
  9. 20 to 25 minutes. Remove beans and aluminum foil. Return crust to the oven and bake until center of crust is set
  10. 5 to 7 minutes more. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  11. Meanwhile whisk together sugar
  12. cornstarch
  13. and salt in a large heat-safe bowl. Mix in blood orange juice
  14. eggs
  15. egg yolk
  16. and zest until smooth. Bring a pot of water to a low simmer. Place bowl with blood orange mixture over the pot of simmering water
  17. making sure bowl does not touch water. Cook
  18. stirring constantly
  19. until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon
  20. 5 to 10 minutes. Remove bowl from heat and stir in butter a piece at a time
  21. ensuring each piece melts before adding the next. Pour custard mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into the prepared crust.
  22. Bake in the preheated oven until custard is set
  23. 15 to 20 minutes. Allow tart to cool to room temperature before removing from pan
  24. about 30 minutes.
  25. Chill tart for about 3 hours. Top with blood orange slices before serving.

Prep Time: 45 mins

Cook Time: 50 mins

Total Time: 4 hrs 50 mins

Servings: 8

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