Strawberry Almond Tart

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup almond paste, crumbled
• 10 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/3 cup strawberry preserves or 1/3 cup strawberry glaze
• 2 teaspoons rum
• 2 pints fresh strawberries, sliced 1/4 inch thick

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 lightly coat bottom and sides of 10-inch tart
• 3 pan with removable bottom with vegetable cooking spray. line the outside of the pan with foil.
• 4 combine sugar and almond paste in mixer bowl.
• 5 beat at medium speed 2 to 3 minutes to break up paste. beat in butter, scraping with rubber spatula, until smooth.
• 6 beat in eggs 1 at a time, until blended; add vanilla.
• 7 sift flour and cornstarch in bowl.
• 8 stir into almond mixture and spread it into the.
• 9 pan.
• 10 bake 20 to 25 minutes, until top springs back when gently pressed with finger.
• 11 cool in pan on wire rack.
• 12 remove side of pan.
• 13 microwave preserves in cup on high 40 seconds.
• 14 strain through sieve into small bowl; stir in rum.
• 15 brush a thin layer over tart.
• 16 arrange overlapping slices of strawberries on top of cake. brush top with remaining preserves.