Apricot Mulberry Cream Tart

I wanted to make a tart. So I did.
A light filling of cream cheese and sugar with bluberries and homemade apricot butter (more on that later!) folded in made this tart a unique and delicious experiment! Topped with fresh strawberries and mulberries from my very own mulberry tree made this tart a fresh and fruity treat. Homemade whipped cream and macerated mulberries in sugar was the perfect topping. The crust is so easy - it's just a sheet of puff pastry!

Ingredients:

- 1 sheet of puff pastry (thawed)

Filling:

- 1 package of cream cheese, softened

- 3 tablespoons of sugar

- 2 tsp. vanilla

- 1 egg

- 3 tablespoons flour

- about 1/4 c of apricot butter (maybe a little bit less) (you can also use apricot jam, or whatever your favorite flavor of jam is!)

- 1/4 c fresh or frozen blueberries

Mix the sugar, egg, vanilla and cream cheese together until smooth. Add the flour, and then fold in the apricot butter. Mix in the blueberries. Chill in the refrigerator until you're ready to use it.

Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Gently mold the puff pastry into a buttered nine-inch tart pan. Place in the center rack of the oven and bake for fifteen minutes, until lightly browned. Take the tart from the oven. Don't worry if it puffs up! You can just deflate it with a spoon.

Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees. After you take the pastry out of the oven, pour the filling into the center of the tart and return it to the oven, and bake until the filling is set, about 20 minutes.

If you have a mulberry tree, like me, then go pick some mulberries! Blackberries or raspberries would make a splendid substitution if you are lacking in the mulberry tree department. Mash the berries together to form a sort of sauce. Add about a tablespoon of sugar to the mixture and chill in the refrigerator. When the tart comes out of the oven, pour some of the berry juice over the top, and watch as it soaks into the tart. Let the tart cool! Later, slice some strawberries on top, and make some whipped cream! Eat! Eat! Eat! and love.