Name: Fig Shortbread Tart
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup powder sugar; 2 cups purpose flour; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 tbsp corn starch; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 6.5 oz butter (2 sticks of butter minus 2 tbps); 1/2 tsp sea salt; 2 8 oz cream cheese; 3 tbps condensed milk; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 to 2 tbsp =honey

The beautiful Fig Shortbread Tart, the perfect combination of textures and sweetness. This recipe offers all the sweetness you would want in a dessert without the overt sweetness that can ruin a dish. Taking simple ingredients and transforming them into something special is the art of pastry and baking.

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The main ingredients of butter, sugar & flour are usual characters in pastry & baked desserts. The ability to create a tender tart crust is really what we want in a great recipe. Tender tart dough with naturally sweet figs. This is what makes this dessert spot on good...

What is ShortBread?

Shortbread is a biscuit traditionally made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts flour. Other ingredients like ground rice or cornflour are sometimes added to alter the texture. Modern recipes also often deviate from the original by splitting the sugar into equal parts granulated and icing sugar and may add a portion of salt. Shortbread is different from shortcake, though they are similar: shortcake can be made using vegetable fat instead of butter and usually has a chemical leavening agent such as baking powder, which gives it a different texture. Shortbread biscuits are often associated with normal egg-based biscuits, but they hold their shape under pressure, making them ideal for packed meals. Shortbread originated in Scotland, with the first printed recipe, in 1736, from a Scotswoman named Mrs. McLintock. Shortbread is widely associated with Christmas and Hogmanay festivities in Scotland, and the Scottish brand Walkers Shortbread is exported around the world. As a Scottish brand, shortbread is sometimes packaged in a tartan design, such as Royal Stewart tartan.

What are Figs?

The common fig tree has been cultivated since ancient times and grows wild in dry and sunny areas, with deep and fresh soil; also in rocky areas, from sea level to 1,700 meters. It prefers relatively light free-draining soils and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Unlike other fig species, Ficus carica does not always require pollination by a wasp or from another tree but can be pollinated by the fig wasp, Blastophaga psenes to produce seeds. Fig wasps are not present to pollinate in colder countries like the United Kingdom.

The plant can tolerate seasonal drought, and the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean climate is especially suitable for the plant. Situated in a favorable habitat, old specimens when mature can reach a considerable size and form a large dense shade tree. Its aggressive root system precludes its use in many urban areas, but in nature helps the plant to take root in the most inhospitable areas. The common fig tree is mostly a phreatophyte that lives in areas with standing or running water. It grows well in the valleys of the rivers and ravines saving no water, having a strong need for water that is extracted from the ground. The deep-rooted plant searches groundwater, in aquifers, ravines, or cracks in the rocks. The fig tree, with the water, cools the environment in hot places, creating a fresh and pleasant habitat for many animals that take shelter in its shade in the times of intense heat.

Figs are just plain beautiful in my opinion. Sweet, delicate, floral scented and tender to the bite