Description
A vibrant dessert featuring a tender sugar-cookie crust topped with cream cheese and fresh fruit, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 250 g (2 cups) all-purpose flour
- 115 g (½ cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- 100 g (½ cup) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 225 g (8 oz) full-fat cream cheese, softened
- 60 g (½ cup) powdered sugar
- 60 ml (¼ cup) heavy cream
- 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
- 1 tsp (5 ml) lemon juice
- 500 g (about 4 cups) mixed fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, peaches, raspberries)
- 60 g (¼ cup) apricot jam
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) water
- ¼ tsp (1.5 g) fine sea salt
- ½ tsp (2 g) baking powder
Instructions
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Cut in cold, cubed butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in granulated sugar and egg until a shaggy dough forms.
- Flatten the dough into a disc, wrap in plastic, and chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Roll the chilled dough between parchment to a 12-inch circle and transfer to a greased pizza pan.
- Dock lightly with a fork and bake until edges are golden, about 12-14 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack until completely room temperature, about 20-30 minutes.
- Beat softened cream cheese with powdered sugar until smooth.
- Add heavy cream, vanilla, and lemon juice, and beat until spreadable.
- Slice the fruit and arrange on the cooled crust.
- Warm apricot jam with water in a saucepan, then brush over fruit.
- Chill assembled pizza 15-20 minutes then slice and serve immediately.
Notes
Make the fruit pizza ahead of time by baking the crust a day early. Assemble just before serving for best texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 330
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 190mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg