

Stir the tempered egg into the rest of the cranberry mixture and return to the empty saucepan. Beat the eggs in another bowl and slowly drizzle in a half cup of the warm cranberry mixture while mixing the eggs to temper them and keep them from curdling. Press the hot mixture through a fine sieve, producing a bright colored gel. Spread cranberry mixture over cooled crust. Add eggs whisk until combined, and set aside until ready to use. (Do not turn oven off.) Whisk together lemon juice and remaining 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar, cup flour, and ¼ teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Bring to a boil and then simmer until the berries pop and cook down. In a food processor, buzz up the vanilla wafers, cinnamon and salt until finely ground. Set aside let cool slightly, about 20 minutes. In a sauce pan on medium heat, cook the cranberries, sugar, orange juice and rind. Slide into the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Make your crust according to this recipe. While the crust bakes and cools, make the cranberry curd: Put cranberries, sugar and orange juice and peel in a saucepan over medium heat. Bake chilled tart shell about 15 minutes until lightly brown. Juice and peel (0range part only) of 2 oranges If you are making your own cranberry sauce, combine cranberries, granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons water in a small saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the berries. Prick bottom with a fork and freeze for 30 minutes (or several days if desired). Try not to be alone with the leftover pieces in the kitchen. Pour the hot filling into the tart crust. Bake it for 15 minutes. Put it back in the pan on the stove and cook it on medium heat until it just bubbles.

Then add the tempered eggs back into the main bowl and whisk. And slowly add some of the hot cranberry mixture to the eggs to temper them. Next, you beat the eggs and the egg yolks. What comes out is a gorgeous crimson gel. Then you push the mixture through a fine mesh strainer. You boil until the cranberries have burst and cooked down.

Tommy thinks the NYT recipe doesn’t make quiet enough filling so he adds more juice. The filling starts a lot like cranberry sauce with orange juice, peel, sugar and cranberries in a sauce pan. For a nut crust, see the New York Times recipe.) Preheat the oven to 350°. Press the crust dough into the tart pan. Stir over medium-high heat until mixture comes to boil. Add sugar, honey, and five-spice powder, if desired. The word curd, he says, just sounds wrong, especially next to the word tart.įirst, make your crust. (There’s a regular flour version in Tommy’s link. Whisk 1/4 cup water and cornstarch in heavy large saucepan to blend. Tommy would also prefer we call it cranberry velvet pudding pie or something like that. The recipe is based on this one for the NYT, but we changed it because our household has nut allergies and used Tommy’s most perfect gluten-free pie crust recipe. (The photo was taken seconds before a certain toddler stuck his hand right in and tasted a handful.) Put them together and guess what happens? This pretty incredible cranberry curd tart with gluten-free crust. Two of my favorite things: Uncle Tommy and the New York Times Food section.
