Healthy Fresh Fruit Tart

Total Time: 22 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8


• 1 1/2 cups nonfat cottage cheese


• 2 tablespoons honey


• 1 teaspoon vanilla


• 4 cups nonfat yogurt, to make 1 1/2 cups cheese (see note)


• 4 sheets phyllo dough


• 1 star fruit, thinly sliced (you could substitute pineapple, kiwi, or other fruit)


• 1 mango, peeled and cut into thin wedges


• 1 papaya, peeled and cut into thin wedges (you could substitute other fresh fruit in season)


• 2 tablespoons all fruit apricot preserves (or other fruit)

Recipe

• 1 note: to make the yogurt cheese, spoon about 4 cups nonfat yogurt into a sieve lined with a triple thickness of cheesecloth.


• 2 place over a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for 4 hours, or until very thick.


• 3 in a food processor, puree the cottage cheese, honey and vanilla for about 3 minutes, or until smooth.


• 4 transfer to a medium bowl.


• 5 fold in the yogurt cheese.


• 6 cover and refrigerate.


• 7 to keep the dough from drying as you work, unroll it onto a counter and cover with a barely damp towel.


• 8 drape 1 sheet of the phyllo dough aacross a 9 or 10 inch pie plate.


• 9 press it into the plate; fold the edges roughly toward the center, crumpling them slightly to fit.


• 10 coat the top with no-stick spray.


• 11 repeat with the remaining 3 sheets, spraying each.


• 12 bake at 375*f.


• 13 for 5 to 7 minutes, or until golden brown.


• 14 let cool.


• 15 carefully fill the crust with the yogurt mixture, smoothing the surface with a rubber spatula.


• 16 arrange the star fruit, mangoes and papaya on the surface.


• 17 melt the preserves in a smanll saucepan.


• 18 brush over the fruits to glaze them.


• 19 enjoy!