Strawberry Cheese Pastry Tarts
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 11:55pm

Ingredients




1/2 cup cold butter, cut in pieces
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons sour cream
Sugar glaze, recipe follows
Strawberry cream cheese, 18 strawberries, sliced
1 ounce semi-sweet baking chocolate
1 pkg. (3 oz.) cream cheese
1/4 cup unsifted powdered sugar
2 teaspoons strawberry jam
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1 Combine 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon water in a small pan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves and glaze just comes to a boil. Use hot. 2 Beat together: 3 1. With a pastry blender or your fingers, work butter into flour until fine crumbs form. Stir in sour cream to stiff dough. 4 2. Cover dough. Chill at least 1 hour. 5 3. Cut dough in half. Roll out one portion at a time on a floured board to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into 2 equal rectangles. 6 4. Reroll scraps to make 2 more rectangles. 7 5. Arrange rectangles on an ungreased rimmed baking pan. Brush tops with sugar glaze. 8 6. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool. 9 7. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on pastries. Arrange sliced strawberries on tops. 10 8. Melt chocolate in a small pan, stirring constantly. With a spoon, drizzle chocolate over strawberries.