FRUIT TART

Pastry
2/3 cup butter
2 cups flour
4-5 tablespoons water

Filling

250 grams cream cheese or hung yogurt
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup green- fleshed melon, sliced
1 cup orange- fleshed melon, sliced
(can replace with fruits such kiwi, peaches or apricots)
2 tablespoons apricot jam

Method

-Grease a 9 inch pie dish.
-Cut butter into flour until it resembles small peas. (do not mix)
-Sprinkle in water a tablespoon at a time.
-Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened rounds and roll out . Fit into 9 inch pie dish. Crimp edges. Chill for about 30 minutes.
-Cover the pie dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes at 200*C. Uncover and bake for another 5 minutes.
-Beat together cream cheese, lemon juice and sugar. Pour into baked pie crust. Decorate with fruit. Melt some apricot jam and pour over to glaze.

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