Nectarine Tart
This nectarine tart showcases summer’s bounty. This easy tart can be made with a variety of fruit like cherries, peaches, apricots, pluots, and plums. Just use your imagination to come up with a delicious dessert! With a flaky crust and sweet summer fruit, your family will devour this summer dessert!
Nectarine Tart
Learn how to make this delicious nectarine tart!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 6 people
Calories 493 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups flour plus more for rolling
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 5 tablespoons shortening Crisco
- 1 egg yolk beaten plus 2 tablespoons cold water
- 2 lbs. roughly 5-6 nectarines
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons peach jam or preserves
- 2 tbsp. melted unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp. sugar
Instructions
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In a food processor, add flour salt, and sugar and pulse until incorporated. Add butter and shortening and pulse until it becomes crumbly. Slowly add in egg yolk that has been mixed with cold water to the mixture and pulse until a dough forms. If the dough seems dry, you can add more cold water starting at 1 tablespoon at a time.
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Gather dough in a ball and let rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Roll out dough into a 9-inch tart pan and line with parchment paper and baking weights or beans. Bake for 10 minutes
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Slice nectarines into a bowl, cut into eighths. Add lemon juice, and vanilla extract and mix until incorporated.
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Take dough out of the oven, and add the peach jam to the bottom of the crust. Arrange fruit skin side down in a pattern starting with the outside and working your way inside. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar.
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Bake for 30-35 minutes until crust is browned and fruit has gently cooked.
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Serve!
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