Cream Cheese Fruit Tart

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 single pie shell, baked
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, grated
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• fresh strawberries, halved
• kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced
• 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (11 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1/4 cup apple jelly, melted (microwave is great for this!)

Recipe

• 1 in small bowl combine the cream cheese, sugar, lemon peel and juice.
• 2 beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, scraping sides of bowl often, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• 3 spread over baked pie crust.
• 4 chill at least 1 hour.
• 5 several hours before serving, arrange fruit on filling.
• 6 i like to use the strawberries nearest the rim of the pie shell, then a ring of overlapping kiwi slices, then a ring of mandarin oranges followed with a "bull's-eye" of the crushed pineapple in the center.
• 7 brush the fruit with the melted apple jelly and serve.
• 8 you may substitute whatever your favorite fruit or berries are for the topping.