Are we getting close to the end of summer? The huge shower starting yesterday since no single drop of rain for two weeks may have hinted a little bit.
It also means in around two months, we will see our new family member, another heart breaker.
Ingredients (6 mini pies):
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, cut into little cubes, chilled
1/4 cup ice water 1 cup whipping cream 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups fresh blueberries
Directions:
Prepare the crust by placing flour, salt and sugar in a food processor to mix. Add butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal. While the machine is running, pour in ice water slowly. The dough should hold together when pinched. Add a little more water if necessary.
Gather dough into a dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes to chill.
Preheat oven to350F. Grease six 3 1/2-inch tartlet pans.
Take out doughs from refrigerator. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface, until 3mm thick, and cut six 5-inch circles from it.
Line the prepared pans with the dough circles. Make sure you leave a tiny overhang of dough. Use a small kitchen knife to trim the excess and to score the tops of the tartlets. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden.
To prepare filling, in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream until it holds firm peaks. Remove cream from bowl and keep cold in fridge.
In the same bowl, beat cream cheese until it’s soft and creamy.
Add sugar and vanilla, continue beating until combined.
Gently fold 1/3 of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture to lighten the mixture, then add the remaining cream and continue folding until incorporated.
Evenly spread the cream mixture in the completely cooled pie crusts. Arrange the blueberries on top of the filling.
Refrigerate the pies until set, about an hour.
18 Comments
these are so gorgeous looking. beautiful work!!
These are gorgeous!
These mini pies look fabulous!
I keep buying blueberries and need more recipes to use em up! This is perfect! delicious looking :)
Yum! What a great simple way to use blueberries.
Delish! I would love to have a bite…mmm if only blueberries were cheap over here :)
These are so perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What beauties! Such a refreshing summer dessert.
These are beautiful! Can’t wait to make my own!
This just beckons me. A simple tart with fresh fruit just cant be beat in the summer! Beautiful!
How beautiful!
Gorgeous! Just like the ones in display cases at bakeries.
I saw this on top 9 today and smiled immediately — you always make such delicious desserts! Summer in Texas has been cruel this year, with two consecutive weeks of triple digit temperatures I am ready to move to Antarctica…I can’t believe the big day is only two months away, I hope you are getting lots of rest and tlc from the husband!
THese look so sweet and pretty, and I like it that they are easy to make.
*kisses* HH
oh no… I don’t want summer to end yet. It’s only early August. I need at least a month or two of summer:) Love the blueberry cream pie. THe blueberry looks so fresh and yummy. :)
Simple and delicious….looks pretty, too. This would make for a very quick dessert. I like it.
These look tempting. I’d have to eat more than a couple. ;-)
Paz
Love this yummy dessert with the blueberries on top.
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