Easy peach tarts with fresh fruit, creamy topping, and flakey crust are easy to make and perfect for a party or playful dessert for a crowd. Use fresh or frozen peaches to make them in season or year round.
1box15-ounce box (2 sheets) prepared pie pastry, or homemade pie dough
1egg
¾poundpeaches or 1-pound bag frozen peaches, thawed
⅓cupapricot jam
8ouncescréme faîche or plain Greek yogurt
¼cupgranulated sugar
3tablespoonspistachioscoarsely chopped
Instructions
Heat oven to 375°F. On a floured surface, roll out and cut pastry into 3¼-inch-diameter circles. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and poke each circle several times with a fork. Beat together egg and 1 tablespoon water and brush over each circle; sprinkle with extra sugar. Bake until golden, 10 to 12 minutes; let cool.
Peel and cut peaches into ¼-inch dice. Heat apricot jam in the microwave until just hot and pass through a fine sieve to remove large pieces of fruit. Gently toss strained jam with peaches.
In a bowl, stir together the créme faîche and sugar. Spread about a tablespoon or sweetened cream onto each pastry round. Top with glazed peaches and sprinkle with chopped pistachios. Serve immediately or chill tarts for up to 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
Tips:
If you don't want to make your own pie crust for these easy peach tarts, make it super easy by using prepared dough.
You don't want to let the peaches sit very long in the jam. It will act just like sugar on fruit and pull juices from the peaches. You'll have much too much delicious peach juice! Just stir, and add them to the tarts.
I've only made this recipe as written, but I bet you could substitute another favorite stone fruit if desired. I imagine apricots or nectarines would work well in this recipe.