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Whipped yogurt fruit tarts

Name: Whipped yogurt fruit tarts
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 36 min
Ingredients: 100 g salted butter; 25 g icing sugar; 175 g flour; 2 egg yolks; 450 g thick set yogurt; 25 g icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 8 g ground arrowroot; 2 lemons ((or 1 large) juice only); 80 g caster sugar; 75 ml water; 200 g mixed berries; 4 sprigs mint

How good does this creamy, fruity yogurt tart look?

The sweet shortcrust pastry is quick to make and both looks and tastes absolutely perfect, the fruit topping with lemon glaze is bursting with flavour, and the thick, creamy yogurt filling is simply luxurious.

The secret that makes this dessert lovely, thick set yogurt. Look for 10% fat so that the yogurt is thick, creamy and silky smooth, making it an ideal alternative to cream.

Here's how to make this decadent, zesty, and utterly delicious treat.

Ingredients

For the pastry (or 4 store-bought sweet shortcrust tartlet cases)

100g (3.5 oz) salted butter
25g (1 oz) icing sugar
175g (6 oz) flour
2 egg yolks

For the filling:

450g (16 oz) thick set yogurt
25g (1 oz) icing sugar
1tsp vanilla extract

For the topping:

8g (0.25 oz) ground arrowroot
Juice of 2 lemons (or 1 large)
80g (2.75 oz) caster sugar
75ml (2.5 floz) water
200g (7 oz) mixed berries
4 sprigs of mint

Instructions

To make the pastry cases

Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan). Tip the sifted flour, icing sugar and butter into a food processor.

Blitz until the mix resembles very fine breadcrumbs.

Add the egg yolks and blitz again.

Roll into a smooth ball of dough.

Cut the dough into four equal pieces and roll into four balls.

Flour and flatten each ball, then use a rolling pin to roll each one into 15cm discs, just wide enough to line your tins.

Press each disc carefully into four 10cm loose bottom tart tins.

Dough for the whipped yogurt fruit tarts, shown in a tart tin

Fill each tin with a little baking paper and a handful of baking beans or uncooked rice.

Baking beans are used to give the whipped yogurt fruit tarts their shape

Bake for 8 minutes, then remove the paper and beans and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes until a pale golden colour. Check that the bottoms are cooked through.

Freshly baked whipped yogurt fruit tart cases

Leave to cool completely, then trim the edges with a sharp knife before removing the pastry cases from the tins.

To make the filling

Whip the yogurt together with the sugar and vanilla until light and airy. It’s best to use an electric whisk.

To make the glaze

In a saucepan, mix the arrowroot with the lemon juice, sugar and water.

Turn on to a medium heat and gradually bring to the boil, stirring until the mixture is clear and has thickened considerably. Set aside until cool.

To bring it all together

Spoon the yogurt into the four pastry cases so that they are filled to about 1 cm shy of the top.

Arrange the fruit in the cases.

Drizzle with the cooled glaze and finish with a sprig of mint.

Serve immediately.

The whipped yogurt fruit tarts, shown topped with mint

Which fruits would you top your fruit tarts with?

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