Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Strawberry-Pistachio Tart


    You are gonna love me for posting this one...Are you just imagining the burst of sweet
     Strawberries on your taste buds?? Lets me just tell you pistachios and strawberries
     were meant to be together!! YUMMY.

                                                  Strawberry-Pistachio Tart

    all purpose flour, for rolling
    1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
    1/2 cup , shelled pistachios
    2 tablespoons of sugar
    5 cups thinly sliced strawberries, ( about 1 1/2 pounds)
    1/4 cup apricot jam, warmed

    1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. One a lightly floured surface, roll out puff pastry
    to a 12 by 16 inch rectangle. Transfer to a parchment lined rimmed baking sheet
    and trim to make a rectangle. Freeze until firm, 10 min. With a fork, prick pastry
    all over. To prevent pastry from rising, Top with a sheet of parchment paper and
    stack another baking sheet on top. Bake until golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
    2) Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine 1/4 cup pistachios and sugar and
    process until pistachios are finely ground. Sprinkle mixture on pastry, leaving
    a 3/4 inch border. Bake until pastry is deep golden about 15 to 17 minutes.
    Roughly chop remaining 1/4 cup of pistachios. Remove sheet from oven, arrange
    strawberries on pistachio mixture, overlapping slices. Brush berries with jam and
    sprinkle chopped pistachios on the border. Serve warm or at room temperature.
    Everyday Food

50 comments:

  1. Oh Val,I was just working on a post and your photo popped up on my dashboard. Good thing that wasn't on the dashboard of my car because I would have swerved right off the road. Yes, yes, yes, I do love you! I would love you more if I could taste it right now. Looks fantastic and easy too! I can see this appearing soon on our table.

    Gorgeous photos too, that's what would have caused me to swerve right off the road!

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  2. Oh Val..I would love to nibble..or gobble this one all up..YUM! :D

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  3. Looks both gorgeous and delicious of course!! I cannot cook fast enough to keep up:) And I will never fit into my swimsuit of choice if I keep this up, but oh well!!

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  4. Gorgeous photos! I saw this in Everyday Food magazine this month as well. It's on my list to make :)

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  5. okay you are adorable. your about me made me laugh, i feel like maybe we are twins. carbaholic and target anonymous= that is me to a T. lovely blog! and definitely your newest follower! tomorrow i have wardrobe wednesday, so be sure to check it out:) xoxo

    kelseyannesmith.blogspot.com

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  6. Yummy!! Will have to try this. :) ~Crystal

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  7. I would never have put those together... now you've got me curious.

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  8. What a beautiful looking spring tart. The nuts I'm sure add a great crunch to the sweet soft strawberries.

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  9. oooh I bet pistachio and berries are fantaaaastic together!!!! it sounds genius!

    xoXOxo
    Jenn @ Peas & Crayons

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  10. This looks wonderful! I love the combo of pistachios and strawberries. It has such a beautiful presentation, too!

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  11. Wow Val - this looks amazing! And it sounds so easy too. I really, really wish I was eating this for dessert right now!

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  12. This looks delicious!! I love strawberries and pistacios, so this looks like a winner in my book. Perfect for spring!

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  13. love this combination!! amazing :)

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  14. I can't think of more perfect combination than these, Val! Beautiful!

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  15. looks great as always Val! I would never have considered mixing these two foods together!

    hope you had a nice easter!

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  16. Oh my god Val!!! Amazing!!!! I have a bunch of puff pastry in the freezer I don't know what to do with! Thank you for the inspiration:)

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  17. Love strawberries...love pistachios...can only imagine how fabulous they are together! This makes me long for summer days even more! :-)
    Vanessa

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  18. This looks AMAZING! Love the combination! :)

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  19. Oh, most definitely a good combination! Thanks for sharing it! Val, you're the best :)

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  20. beautiful tart and awesome combination

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  21. Perfect spring/summer treat! I owe you a phone call :(

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  22. Val, this looks incredible! What a wonderful sweet-salty combination of flavors. You are so creative in the kitchen and really very talented! Way to go!

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  23. I just ate breakfast but now my stomach is growling again because I MUST Have this like NOW! Like NOW I Must go to the store and pick up pistachios because of course I already have strawberries seeing as how I am obsessed with fruit right now. I think I cleared out the farmers market the other day! LOL!

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  24. Oh, my! This looks and sounds divine! Wherever do you find your recipes. They are always so unusual and amazingly delicious.

    LOVED the Butterfinger cake. I shared the recipe with my husbands co-worker and she made it for Easter. Her entire family raved. I took no credit. Told her about your blog and how amazing it is.

    Thank you for always sharing your wonderful recipes. This is one I will try when I go strawberry picking this summer.

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  25. I DO love you for posting this one. I wand to give you a hug and a high five! This looks amazing. And it looks so impressive. That's my favorite kind of dessert- the kind that looks hard but is probably easy peazy.

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  26. AHHH YES! Just got a bunch of strawberries yesterday!!! Thank you VAL!!!!!! looks delectable!

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  27. YUM! I just bought some strawberries. BTW, down another 2 lbs. this morning!

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  28. Looks great! I love how all of the little strawberries look like uniformed soldiers!

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  29. I never would have thought to put those two flavors together. I'll have to take your word for it and try it.

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  30. another amazing looking recipe!! mmmmmm

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  31. you make the prettiest food, this looks fantastic!

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  32. ahhhh OMG! I want some RIGHT now!!!
    Seriously this looks amazing!


    Newest follower...come be my friend too!!
    Stephanie&Such

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  33. I love both strawberries and pistachios, but I never thought of putting the 2 together. Genius!

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  34. love the combo! two of my very favorites. Another recipe I'm adding to my list! :)

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  35. This sounds delicious! Love that combo :)

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  36. this belongs in my mouth right now.

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  37. do you seriously make all these yourself or are they pictures out of a recipe book, because these look too good to be true! If we ever meet, will you bae this for me? Please?

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  38. Oh Val...this looks yum, yum, yummy!

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  39. Not only does this look delicious, but I love the photographs! The bright pink and pale green are just gorgeous!

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  40. I'd never have thought of nts and strawberries together. But YUM, I like the sound of it...a LOT!!!

    Sarahx

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  41. Looks absolutely delicious Val... oh my goodness- I am drooling a bit!! lol!
    :)

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  42. That. looks. divine.

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    Peace.

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  43. Wow, this is AMAZING...so juicy and scrumptous!

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