Fig, Cherry, and Walnut Tart (Reduced Sugar)

Name: Fig, Cherry, and Walnut Tart (Reduced Sugar)
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 6 ounces, dried Calimyrna or Turkish figs, stemmed and quartered; 1 cup, water; ½ cup, brandy; 1 tablespoon, grated orange zest; 12 ounces frozen, sweet cherries, thawed, drained, and chopped; 1 cup, walnuts, toasted and chopped; 1 recipe, recipe, partially baked and cooled; 1 recipe, recipe

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To re-create this sophisticated tart using less sugar and more accessible ingredients, we started in the dried fruit aisle.

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SERVES8

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

Sugar23 grams with crust (down from 44)

Fig, Cherry, and Walnut Tart (Reduced Sugar)

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Naturally Sweet

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Fig-walnut tart is a classic Italian dessert that features fresh figs in a flaky, tender pastry crust. But sweet, delicate figs can be hard to come by in supermarkets due to their perishable nature and their relatively short growing season....

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