Ingredients:

1 cup chopped dates
1 1/2 cups Cranberry Sauce (see recipe below)
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Pie pastry for tart shells and top lattice strips

Directions:

  • Mix ingredients together and fill tart shells half full.
  • Arrange twisted strips of pastry across the top of tarts, lattice fashion.
  • Bake at 425°F. for 20 to 25 minutes or until nicely browned.

Yield: Makes approximately one dozen tarts (medium)

Cranberry Sauce Recipe

1 lb fresh or frozen cranberries
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
Rind and pulp of 1/2 orange (finely chopped rind)

Directions:

  • Combine sugar and water in saucepan, bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.
  • Add cranberries and orange pulp and rind.
  • Cook over low heat (stirring occasionally) until cranberries start popping.
  • Remove from heat and chill.

Yield: 4 cups

Date Added: Nov 28, 2007