All the blog hopping I have been doing the last few months made my wish list go from long to longer, from interesting to challenging and from yum to yummier. When I saw the theme for Monthy Mingle called for stone fruit, I knew I had to make something that is on hold for a long time now.. a tart! A flaky tart with creamy filling.. sounds good, doesn’t it! So, after checking some dozens of videos on you-tube on how to make a crust, I decided to just go ahead and give an attempt. Monthly Mingle is a fun event where a theme is chosen every month, that you can mingle with in your kitchen. It’s a brainchild of Meeta, author of What’s For Lunch Honey and this month’s host is Sukaina, author of Sips and Spoonfuls. They both are such amazing and talented people. You shouldn’t miss visiting their space.
Coming back to the tart, there are few key points that I learned about making a flaky crust. Make sure every ingredient is cold, from flour to water. Do not knead the dough and you have to let it rest in the refrigerator for about an hour. The dough will be sticky and it was not easy to roll that sticky dough. If you are like me, you will get very irritated, but don’t! The dough needs tender love and lots of care 🙂 I used ricotta cheese as a filling which is super light, creamy and slightly sweet in taste. The texture of this cheese is soft, almost like cottage cheese, which makes it less heavy and it is a good source of protein too. As the tart was baking in the oven, I couldn’t help but stare at it through the oven glass the entire time, well.. almost! And even before I could realize, the entire house was smelling of peach (ear to ear smile) 🙂 Now, once you bake something that delicious, you need to let it rest and let it set before you start eating and that is not easy my friend. But, you have to do it or else it might fall apart. All this wait and patience was worth the effort. We enjoyed every bite of that tart. It was flaky and the creamy light ricotta with that super sweet juicy peach made me do my happy dance. And, I ticked off ‘bake a tart’ from my wish list 🙂
