Description
A vibrant dessert featuring a chewy sugar cookie crust topped with tangy lemon curd and an array of colorful fruits, creating a delightful rainbow effect.
Ingredients
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Sugar Cookie Crust
- 1/2 cup (110g) shortening
- 1 cup (191,6g) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp (14,8mL) milk
- 1/2 tsp (2,5mL) vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups (149g) flour
- 1 tsp (3,7g) baking powder
- 1/4 tsp (1,2g) salt
Lemon Curd {Courtesy of Cooking Light magazine}
- 3/4 cup (144g) sugar
- 1 tbsp (9,5g) grated lemon rind
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup (158mL) fresh lemon juice (about 3 large lemons)
- 2 tbsp (28,7g) butter
Rainbow Fruit Pizza Ideas
- Red: strawberries, raspberries, watermelon, cherries, red apple
- Orange: apricots, peaches, nectarines, cantaloupe, papaya
- Yellow: bananas, pineapple, star fruit
- Green: kiwi, grapes, honeydew melon, green apple, pear
- Blue: blueberries, blue plums
- Purple: plums, purple grapes, blackberries, marionberries
Instructions
Sugar Cookie Crust
- Cream the shortening and the sugar.
- Add the eggs, milk and vanilla.
- Stir in the flour and mix until all of the flour is incorporated into the dough.
- Cover the dough and let it chill for 30 minutes or more.
- Divide the dough in half, reserving half of the dough for another use.
- Press the other half of the dough into a greased pizza pan (roughly 13 inches in diameter).
- Sprinkle the dough with sugar.
- Bake the crust for 8-10 minutes at 325 degrees until it is lightly golden around the edges.
- Remove the cookie from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes and then place it on a wire rack to cool completely.
Lemon Curd {Courtesy of Cooking Light magazine}
- Combine the sugar, lemon rind and eggs in a saucepan and stir them with a whisk over medium heat for 3 minutes or until the sugar dissolves and the mixture turns pale.
- Stir in the lemon juice and the butter and cook the mixture for another 5 minutes or until the sauce thinly coats the back of a wooden spoon, stirring constantly with a whisk.
- Remove the lemon curd from the heat and let it cool.
- Place it in a sealed container and let it chill so that it continues to thicken.
Rainbow Fruit Pizza
- Wash and cut all of the fruit.
- Generously spread lemon curd over the cooled cookie crust.
- Arrange the fruit on the lemon curd.
- Serve the dessert pizza immediately.
Notes
- This dessert is best served immediately to avoid the crust becoming soggy.
- You can prepare all components in advance and assemble just before serving.
- Feel free to substitute lemon curd with buttercream frosting, whipped cream, or chocolate ganache if preferred.
- Use any fruits you have on hand or let kids choose their favorite rainbow-colored fruits.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 25
- Sodium: 150
- Fat: 10
- Carbohydrates: 40
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 20