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Ingredients For the Crust 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for handling dough 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt For the Filling 1 bar (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 to 2 pounds strawberries, hulled and halved 1/4 cup seedless red currant jelly

Cook’s Notes To prevent the delicate crust from breaking, leave it in the pan while assembling and chilling tart. Unmold tart just before serving.

Gallery Read the full recipe after the video.

Recipe Summary prep: 30 mins total: 2 hrs 30 mins Servings: 8 Strawberry Tart

Read the full recipe after the video.

Read the full recipe after the video.

Recipe Summary prep: 30 mins total: 2 hrs 30 mins Servings: 8

Recipe Summary

prep: 30 mins total: 2 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 8

prep: 30 mins

total: 2 hrs 30 mins

prep:

30 mins

total:

2 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 8

8

Strawberry Tart

Strawberry Tart

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for handling dough 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 bar (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup sugar 1 1/2 to 2 pounds strawberries, hulled and halved 1/4 cup seedless red currant jelly

Directions

Make the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, blend flour, butter, 1/3 cup sugar, and salt until moist crumbs form (this may take up to 1 minute). Transfer dough to a 9-inch round tart pan with a removable bottom.

With floured fingers, press dough evenly into pan and up sides. Dip a dry-measuring cup in flour, and use it to press dough firmly into bottom and against sides of pan. Freeze crust until firm, 10 to 15 minutes.

Using a fork, prick crust all over. Bake until golden, 25 to 30 minutes, pressing down gently once or twice with a spoon during baking if crust puffs up. Cool completely in pan.

Make the filling: In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese and remaining 1/4 cup sugar until smooth; spread mixture evenly in bottom of baked crust (still in tart pan).

Starting from outside edge, arrange strawberry halves, stemmed side down, in tight concentric circles on cream cheese.

In a small saucepan, heat jelly on medium-low until liquefied. Gently brush strawberries with jelly; let set at least 20 minutes. Chill in pan at least 1 hour (and up to 6 hours); remove from pan just before serving.

Cook’s Notes To prevent the delicate crust from breaking, leave it in the pan while assembling and chilling tart. Unmold tart just before serving.

Cook’s Notes

To prevent the delicate crust from breaking, leave it in the pan while assembling and chilling tart. Unmold tart just before serving.

Reviews (22)

 Add Rating & Review     165 Ratings   5 star values:        50    4 star values:        45    3 star values:        38    2 star values:        23    1 star values:        9        

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Add Rating & Review     165 Ratings   5 star values:        50    4 star values:        45    3 star values:        38    2 star values:        23    1 star values:        9       

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165 Ratings 5 star values: 50 4 star values: 45 3 star values: 38 2 star values: 23 1 star values: 9

165 Ratings 5 star values: 50 4 star values: 45 3 star values: 38 2 star values: 23 1 star values: 9

165 Ratings 5 star values: 50 4 star values: 45 3 star values: 38 2 star values: 23 1 star values: 9

  • 5 star values: 50 4 star values: 45 3 star values: 38 2 star values: 23 1 star values: 9

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5.0 stars       06/23/2020   We LOVED this strawberry tart! I don't have a 9" tart pan, mine is 11", so I increased the ingredients in the recipe 1 1/2 times. The crust is the best tasting, almost like a cookie. I don't have a food processor, so I used a pastry cutter instead. I added the juice and zest of 1 lemon to the filling for additional flavor. Used homemade strawberry jam for the glaze. I'm already dreaming about making this with other fruits this summer. A very good dessert.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5.0 stars       12/31/2019   Super easy and delicious. I've used red raspberries and blueberries too - delicious! Thanks Martha!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       06/03/2019   It's easy, delicious and beautiful - thanks Martha!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       08/26/2018   The best pie crust I have ever made and it is super easy to make  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       12/23/2017   A family favourite. It's easier to make than the end result makes it look and it's sweet but not cloying. This is on our "recipe book of honour" :), which means that it get made again and again.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/03/2013   This is the best recipe, it holds a special place in my heart. After finishing this dessert, my now husband proposed to me!!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       08/08/2012   The crust was very easy to make, and turned out beautifully. I also used the food processor to mix the cream cheese & sugar (why dirty another bowl?), and I added some lemon juice and zest to the cream cheese (as another reviewer suggested). This tart didn't last 15 minutes at family dinner night. Delicious!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       05/30/2011   It is delicious, easy and doesn't interfere with the fresh taste of the berries. The shameless promotion of your own recipes should not be allowed!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/21/2011   Delicioso! Just made mini versions in a silicon bun sheet and added red sugar sprinkles on top... Half of them gone in three minutes! At least they like 'em!!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/12/2010   I baked this tart this morning for dinner with our friends. I was afraid that the dough will no turn out good without water. But it turned out just great! This dessert is so light and deliciouse, just right for hot weather. Our friends and my husband really liked the tart. It is one the easiest and best desserts i have ever made. Thank you for the great recipe!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/03/2010   I used seedless raspberry jelly and added about 1/4 cup to the cream cheese mixture. I also made a strawberry mousse to put on top, so the fresh cut strawberries make a middle layer! I was so delighted with myself I made a chocolate/banana version in a chocolate crust, but with out the cream cheese layer!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/25/2010   I added some lemon juice and lemon zest to the filling. It was very good.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/22/2010   Very nice and tasty. It was a success. However, I could not get a dough without adding water, any advice?  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       07/03/2009   What a show stopper! Not only makes a great impression, but it tastes GREAT! This has become a go to for sure.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       07/08/2008   I brought this strawberry tart to a dinner party and it was a huge success. It looked very pretty and tasted great. I made it in the 9" tart pan and think that the crust was a little too thick. I wouldn't use all the dough next time for this pan. It came out of the pan very easily though!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       07/06/2008   Deliccious!! Pretty enough to bring to a party, yet tasty enough that you might not want to share it! Tasty shortbread crust, lihgtly sweet cream cheese in the middle and fresh local strawberries, very easy preparation makes this a winning combination in my family. I used a regular pie dish and found it works out just fine. It comes out fo the dish very easily so you don't ruin the presentation. (As if anyone cares when they taste it. )  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       07/05/2008   This turned out beautifully, and I used a 9-inch springform pan instead of a tart pan. It tasted amazing, and after sitting a while the crust got softer, which I thought was very good.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       07/02/2008   I use the small end of my melon baller to remove the stems and hull from my strawberries. It's very quck, simple and makes a very clean, neat job of it.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/29/2008   Very tasty and easy to make. The most time consuming part was prepping the berries and then brushing them with jelly once the tart was assembled. Be sure to keep an eye on the crust as it's not as good if it gets too brown. Beautiful presentation! I'll make again, though the Blueberry Tart also from MSL was an even bigger hit.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/16/2008   I made this for Mothers Day and it was a HUGE hit! Now I am being solicited to make it for every event and it was easy on top of that!  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/21/2008   try to substitute the granulated sugar with congfectionate, and do not beat the cream cheese with the sugar. Simply stir it to be incoropreted fully; this will make the filling a lot less runny.  
    
    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/14/2008   A great dessert for entertaining. Very light and delicious.  
    

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 5.0 stars 06/23/2020

We LOVED this strawberry tart! I don’t have a 9" tart pan, mine is 11", so I increased the ingredients in the recipe 1 1/2 times. The crust is the best tasting, almost like a cookie. I don’t have a food processor, so I used a pastry cutter instead. I added the juice and zest of 1 lemon to the filling for additional flavor. Used homemade strawberry jam for the glaze. I’m already dreaming about making this with other fruits this summer. A very good dessert.

Rating: 5.0 stars

Rating: 5.0 stars 12/31/2019

Super easy and delicious. I’ve used red raspberries and blueberries too - delicious! Thanks Martha!

Rating: 5 stars 06/03/2019

It’s easy, delicious and beautiful - thanks Martha!

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: 5 stars 08/26/2018

The best pie crust I have ever made and it is super easy to make

Rating: 5 stars 12/23/2017

A family favourite. It’s easier to make than the end result makes it look and it’s sweet but not cloying. This is on our “recipe book of honour” :), which means that it get made again and again.

Rating: Unrated 05/03/2013

This is the best recipe, it holds a special place in my heart. After finishing this dessert, my now husband proposed to me!!

Rating: Unrated

Rating: 5 stars 08/08/2012

The crust was very easy to make, and turned out beautifully. I also used the food processor to mix the cream cheese & sugar (why dirty another bowl?), and I added some lemon juice and zest to the cream cheese (as another reviewer suggested). This tart didn’t last 15 minutes at family dinner night. Delicious!

Rating: 5 stars 05/30/2011

It is delicious, easy and doesn’t interfere with the fresh taste of the berries. The shameless promotion of your own recipes should not be allowed!

Rating: Unrated 05/21/2011

Delicioso! Just made mini versions in a silicon bun sheet and added red sugar sprinkles on top… Half of them gone in three minutes! At least they like ’em!!

Rating: Unrated 06/12/2010

I baked this tart this morning for dinner with our friends. I was afraid that the dough will no turn out good without water. But it turned out just great! This dessert is so light and deliciouse, just right for hot weather. Our friends and my husband really liked the tart. It is one the easiest and best desserts i have ever made. Thank you for the great recipe!

Rating: Unrated 04/03/2010

I used seedless raspberry jelly and added about 1/4 cup to the cream cheese mixture. I also made a strawberry mousse to put on top, so the fresh cut strawberries make a middle layer! I was so delighted with myself I made a chocolate/banana version in a chocolate crust, but with out the cream cheese layer!

Rating: Unrated 03/25/2010

I added some lemon juice and lemon zest to the filling. It was very good.

Rating: Unrated 02/22/2010

Very nice and tasty. It was a success. However, I could not get a dough without adding water, any advice?

Rating: Unrated 07/03/2009

What a show stopper! Not only makes a great impression, but it tastes GREAT! This has become a go to for sure.

Rating: Unrated 07/08/2008

I brought this strawberry tart to a dinner party and it was a huge success. It looked very pretty and tasted great. I made it in the 9" tart pan and think that the crust was a little too thick. I wouldn’t use all the dough next time for this pan. It came out of the pan very easily though!

Rating: Unrated 07/06/2008

Deliccious!! Pretty enough to bring to a party, yet tasty enough that you might not want to share it! Tasty shortbread crust, lihgtly sweet cream cheese in the middle and fresh local strawberries, very easy preparation makes this a winning combination in my family. I used a regular pie dish and found it works out just fine. It comes out fo the dish very easily so you don’t ruin the presentation. (As if anyone cares when they taste it. )

Rating: Unrated 07/05/2008

This turned out beautifully, and I used a 9-inch springform pan instead of a tart pan. It tasted amazing, and after sitting a while the crust got softer, which I thought was very good.

Rating: Unrated 07/02/2008

I use the small end of my melon baller to remove the stems and hull from my strawberries. It’s very quck, simple and makes a very clean, neat job of it.

Rating: Unrated 06/29/2008

Very tasty and easy to make. The most time consuming part was prepping the berries and then brushing them with jelly once the tart was assembled. Be sure to keep an eye on the crust as it’s not as good if it gets too brown. Beautiful presentation! I’ll make again, though the Blueberry Tart also from MSL was an even bigger hit.

Rating: Unrated 05/16/2008

I made this for Mothers Day and it was a HUGE hit! Now I am being solicited to make it for every event and it was easy on top of that!

Rating: Unrated 04/21/2008

try to substitute the granulated sugar with congfectionate, and do not beat the cream cheese with the sugar. Simply stir it to be incoropreted fully; this will make the filling a lot less runny.

Rating: Unrated 02/14/2008

A great dessert for entertaining. Very light and delicious.

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