Glazed Strawberry Tart

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup finely ground almonds
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup seedless raspberry jam or 3/4 cup strawberry jam
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced
• sweetened whipped cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 stir together flour, almonds, sugar, lemon peel and salt in a large bowl.
• 2 cut butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender or 2 knives until coarse crumbs form.
• 3 whisk together eggs and vanilla in a small bowl; stir into flour mixture until dough forms.
• 4 shape into disk.
• 5 wrap in plastic and chill for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• 6 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 grease and flour a baking sheet.
• 8 place dough on baking sheet; pat into a 10-inch circle forming a high edge.
• 9 pierce bottom of dough all over with a fork.
• 10 bake until slightly browned about 25 minutes.
• 11 place baking sheet on a wire rack and cook for 10 minutes.
• 12 transfer shell to rack to cool completely.
• 13 melt jam with lemon juice in a small saucepan over low heat until spreadable.
• 14 spread 1/2 cup jam mixture over bottom of the shell.
• 15 arrange berries on top, cut sides down.
• 16 brush with remaining jam mixture.
• 17 serve with whipped cream if desired.