Fresh Fruit Tart with Vanilla Mascarpone Cream

With a sweet pastry crust and smooth cream filling, homemade fresh fruit tart is simply elegant. Always impressive, this classic dessert is surprisingly easy to prepare—you can save time and even make the crust and cream ahead of time! See my make ahead instructions below the recipe. 

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We’ve got fresh fruit tart on the dessert menu!

The wonderful thing about this classic dessert is that there’s minimal bake time. The crust only bakes for about 15 minutes, then you let it cool and fill it with the good stuff. And it’s the kind of dessert that looks like you poured your heart and soul into it, when in reality you made the pastry crust yesterday (it’s make ahead!) and spent most of the time sampling all the fruit you were cutting.