Star Fruit Tart

Carambola! The word sounds more like a call for people to party! The Carambola/Star Fruit’s cross section is shaped like a star which makes this a fun fruit to use during the holiday season. It’s a fruit common in the Philippines and I remember eating barely ripe tart carambolas dipped in sea salt.  It ‘s  flavor is mild and sweet when it’s ripe which makes it a great fruit to use for desserts.

Fun Fact: We call this fruit Balimbing (Bah-leem-bing) in the Philippines since the fruit has many sides. The word Balimbing means a person who is unloyal or has many faces/sides or a political turncoat.

Tips:

• Don’t cut/slice the Star Fruit too thin or the “star” will fall apart
• Use a medium sized sauce pan to evenly cook star apple filling
• Use jelly glaze after baking to make the pie look shiny

Carambola/Star Fruit

Trim the edges carefully to keep the star shape

Don’t slice too thin, take seeds out carefully

Cornstarch and Brown Sugar, cook for 3 minutes

Lemon Curd on Pie Crust

Lift and fold sides of Pie crust around Star Apple Filling

Bake for 10 minutes or until crust is golden brown

Merry Christmas and  a Happy New Year!

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Star Fruit Tart

An easy pie tart for Christmas. This quirky fruit with a mild sweet and tart taste is shaped like a star when sliced crosswise. Its physical structure is made of many sides, hence, it's Filipino name is called "balimibing" in reference to a political turncoat having "many sides".

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time35 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Filipino

Author: amusingmaria.com

Ingredients

• Filling:2 carambolas cut crosswise and seeded
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tbs cornstarch
• 1 tbsp butter
• Crust:1 pie crust store bought
• 2 tbs lemon curd or any jam/jelly
• 1 tbs butter
• Glaze:1 tbsp fruit jelly
• 1 tsp water
• *warm on stove top for a few seconds in microwave and mix well

Instructions

• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
• Melt 1 tbsp butter on medium heat on stove top
• Add star apples, brown sugar, and cornstarch and mix gently
• Cook in medium low heat for 3 minutes or until mixture thickens and set aside
• Unroll pie crust on a lightly greased cookie sheet
• Spread lemon curd evenly on pie crust
• Add star fruit-sugar mixture in middle of pie crust, and spread evenly
• Fold and tuck sides of pie crust and brush butter evenly on the crust
• Bake for 10 minutes or until crust is golden brown
• Take out of oven and brush jelly glaze over the tart

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