Sunday, April 1, 2012

Cranberry Almond Caramel Tart Recipe

Cranberry Almond Caramel Tart

This seems like a very simple and straight forward recipe needing just a few ingredients. Unfortunately its not the case. In my first attempt the caramel mixture overflowed. In the second and final attempt the puff pastry ‘caved in’. The end result looked different from what I imagined but it tasted delicious. You can’t really go wrong with caramel, puff pastry, fruits and nuts. 

I was wondering whether caramel and cranberry would enjoy each other’s company. Cranberries seem like fussy ingredients. For example they work with white but not dark chocolate. In this case cranberries worked well with caramel, the tartness balanced the sweetness. 

I baked the tart with dried cranberries and then sprinkled with lots of chopped cranberries and almonds after baking, to cover up the mess. During baking the cranberries hydrated and become soft. If you don’t like dried fruits, don’t worry, after baking it will have a different texture.

If you are comfortable making tarts using puff pastry, then you will like this recipe. It is simple and produces a delicious outcome. However if you are not comfortable with puff pastry tarts, then this recipe may test your patience. It certainly tested mine, but I persevered and ended up with a dessert that didn’t look great but tasted good. And I learnt a lot more about making tarts using puff pastry. It wasn't as easy as it seemed.

The recipe comes from With a Glass. The original recipe uses walnuts but I substituted cranberries and almonds. I also made a much smaller portion, however the recipe below is for a bigger portion, as it appears on With a Glass.

Cranberry Almond Caramel Tart

Ingredients
1 sheet of puff pastry
About 1¾ cup sugar
300 ml liquid cream (at least 25 % fat content)
Dried cranberries
Almonds

Directions
  1. In a bowl gently mix cream and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Don’t whip the cream
  2. Roll out the puff pastry thinly. Prick the pastry with a fork. Don’t prick all the way through otherwise the cream mixture will seep through.
  3. Place the puff pastry in a 28cm tart pan with the pricked side downwards.
  4. Pour the cream mixture.
  5. Sprinkle whole or chopped dried cranberries and almonds
  6. Bake at 170°C / 340°F for about 1 hour or until the filling becomes light brown. 
  7. Sprinkle with more cranberries and almonds if you wish. 

Cranberry Almond Caramel Tart

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18 comments:

  1. Almond and cranberry are a no fail combination. love how easy this is to put together.

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  2. Oh my, this looks wonderfully yummy! I'm loving the crust!

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  3. What an interesting combination - I love the flavor combinations.

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  4. Love your description of cranberries can be "fussy" but I think you nailed it here!

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  5. This caramel cranberry tart looks so inviting! Thanks for the recipe & sharing the berrylove!

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  6. I have puff pastry sitting in my freezer right now and I know what I'm going to make next!This looks delicious!Thanks for sharing!Sending you some #Berrylove :)

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  7. This may be simple, but it looks delicious!

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  8. Your perseverance paid off, and you got a delicious caramel cranberry dessert. Sending #berrylove your way.

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  9. Really like the combination of flavors in this. Poured and piled into puff pastry - well, it kinda makes my knees go weak. Great recipe!

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  10. I love using dried cranberries... Love the generous amount of cranberries on there! And the caramel-cranberry combination is new to me, but I love the sound of it! Thanks for sharing :)

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  11. Haha! I understand now why you had some problems with this one! Thank you for being brave and testing my capricious caramel tart! Thank you so much for the link.
    Caramel makes this tart tricky doesn't it? I suppose one gets used to making it (the person who gave me the recipe always makes this tart perfect), but caramel is tricky especially in the way it interacts with puff pastry (I have never had such problems with other tart fillings and I have made hundreds of puff pastry tarts sweet and savoury).
    I love your cranberry and almond twist here and I think your tart looks extraordinary. The colours are so beautiful, you should bake it for next Christmas! (Somehow cranberry and red colour make me think of Christmas ;-) )

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  12. i love using puff pastries. it is so simple and versatile to use, for savory to sweet. cranberries have such a great flavor, especially when baked. have a wonderful day!

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  13. Oh, YUM! I love dried cranberries, caramel AND puff pastry! How could this be anything but delicious?

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  14. Beautiful! I love puff pastry for a tart. Sending you lots of #berrylove!

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  15. Great idea and really pretty with the cranberries. I'm not a fan of caramel (too sweet) so I like the tartness bit with it. Sissi's right, it does look Christmassy :)

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  16. love all the flavors in t his.. the tart cranberries.. the caramel.. yum!

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  17. I think cranberries and caramel sound wonderful together!! I hear what you say about making caramel, sometime it can be tricky!! But your end result looks lovely and delicious!!

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  18. I love puff pastry desserts - and I imagine the cranberries and caramel were great together. I actually like cranberries and dark chocolate but maybe I'm the exception. :) Yay #berrylove

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