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!