Desserts

Beautifully Easy Fruit Tart

photo by:kraft

Like jewels in a crown, colorful fruit sits atop puff pastry, nestled in a sweet, creamy filling. This special-occasion dessert lives up to its name: It's beautiful and easy.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

45 min

servings

total:

9 servings

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What You Need

sheet frozen puff pastry (1/2 of 17.3-oz. pkg.), thawed

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

cup cold milk

cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

oz. BAKER'S White Chocolate

cup quartered fresh strawberries

can (11 oz.) mandarin oranges, drained

kiwi, peeled, sliced and halved

Tbsp. apricot preserves

tsp. water

Make It

HEAT oven to 400ºF.

UNROLL pastry on baking sheet. Fold over edges of pastry to form 1/2-inch rim; press firmly to base to seal. Prick pastry sheet with fork. Bake 10 to 15 min. or until puffed and golden brown. Cool completely. Place on tray.

BEAT pudding mix and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP; spread onto pastry.

MELT chocolate as directed on package. Arrange fruit over pudding mixture. Mix preserves and water; brush onto fruit. Drizzle with chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Variation

Prepare with JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding, fat-free milk and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

Substitute

Substitute orange marmalade or pineapple preserves for the apricot preserves.

How to Drizzle Chocolate

Dip a large spoon into the bowl of melted chocolate. Quickly move the spoon back and forth over the tart, letting the chocolate fall in thin ribbons from end of spoon. Repeat until all the chocolate is used.

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a cook

posted:3/8/2013

This is a beautiful, delicious and easy dessert. I have made it many, many times, always to rave reviews and compliments

vsandy01

posted:7/6/2012

was easy to make, I used peaches, strawberry and kiwi. Will be making again and again.

a cook

posted:5/8/2012

very simple to make and taste so good. I made it for a get together and everyone loved this.

CnJinTX

posted:4/17/2012

@klmnanny sounds like you got the cook and serve pudding instead of the instant

lizmaloney

posted:5/21/2011

Made this around the Christmas/New Years Holidays 3 times and it was (YUM) No left overs ever. Getting ready to make again today for my Brother's graduation party.

klmnanny

posted:4/24/2011

I could not get the pudding mix to thicken. And after adding the cool whip it was soooo runny!

a cook

posted:12/28/2010

made this for something different and light. Strawberries were not in season so I used red rasberries. It was great. Big hit for dessert. Will make again

elva65

posted:9/27/2010

Easy and ejoyed making. Not only did I love it but my guests loved it even more...they always ask me to make it again. Enjoy it!

jeannette2732

posted:8/15/2010

I made this beautifully easy fruit tart for a small gathering, it was really a hit! I used Jell-0 sugar free instant pudding and sugar free Cool Whip and sugar free apricot preserves and it was delicious!

trrichardson

posted:7/1/2010

I have made this several times. Big hit each time. I used regular pie crust vs., the puff pastry. The last couple of times I made it I made individual tarts instead of one big tart. To make the individual tarts I used a 3 ½" cookie cutter to cut out the crust and baked them in my muffin pan. Also instead of drizzling with chocolate I used a blueberry topping. Everyone just raved about them. There are never any left.