Grilled Peach and Blueberry Filo Dough Fruit Tarts
Grilled peaches has always been one of them things that I have wanted to conquer. I am sure it sounds pretty darn silly, but grilling fruit just seemed weird and sort of gross to me. It was always a some day sort of thing, and last week happened to be my “some day”. So I bought some ripe peaches, and set out to use them in an interesting way.
Grilled Peach and Blueberry Filo Dough Fruit Tarts were officially on my menu.
I figured why not add some blueberries to my grill pan towards the ends to liven things up a bit. Warm blueberries and oh so good, so I knew they would accompany my peaches well. Since I wanted a lighter treat, I decided to make light and airy filo cough fruit tarts, and add a dollop of fresh cream to each.
At first bite, they were “perfecto”, and encompassed all the delicious tastes of the summer. I loved to light and delicate filo dough, and was even prompted to use it for my mini chocolate cream pies. Filo dough is not the easiest to work with, but once a few sheets were down, I got the hang of it.
Here are the instruction for my Grilled Peach and Blueberry Filo Dough Fruit Tarts broken down into the different steps:
Ingredients/Supplies:
- 3 ripe peaches; pitted, and sliced
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1/2 cup washed blueberries
- 1 package of defrosted filo dough
- 1 cup real whipped cream *find the recipe here
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- pastry brush, moist kitchen towel, grill pan, grill, oven, muffin tins
How to Grill Peaches and Blueberries:
In a bowl place you pitted and sliced peaches. Add lemon juice, brown sugar; covered each slice.
Pre-heat your grill to a medium heat and add your peaches to your grill pan. Grill for 15 minutes or until tender. You will want to keep an eye on them, and flip them in the pan every so often. If you are adding berries, add them during the last few minutes so they don’t turn to complete squish.
Once your fruit is done, set it aside. You can add it to the filo dough cups, or serve over fresh vanilla ice cream, yogurt or eat them alone.
How to Make Filo Dough Pastry Cups:
Filo Dough is not the funnest thing to work with. My best tips are to have a clean work space, a moist kitchen towel, and to make sure you have properly defrosted your dough. You will want to have a pastry brush, and melted butter nearby. Having your muffin tins ready, and oven preheated to 350 is also a must.
To make filo dough pastry cups, fold one sheet of dough in half, and then in half again. butter the bottom of the square, and carefully tuck it into your muffin tin. lightly butter the edges, and repeat.
Filo dough dries super fast and will break A LOT! That is ok because you can always fold it to tuck it into the cup. It will still bake up into a golden brown shell.
Bake your filo dough for 350 for 10-15 minutes. Yes, there is a time range because it depends on how much butter you use. At the ten minute mark keep an eye on your dough so that the corners do not burn. Mine took around 14 mins.
Filling Your Filo Dough with Fruit and Cream:
Once your filo dough cups are cooked, and cooled, add your fruit filling, and a dollop of fresh whipped cream frosting. The crunch and flavors of this summer dessert will please your sense, and taste buds! After trying a mini tart, my neighbor immediately had to make some for her party–yes, they are soo good!!
Oh my that looks amazing. I could totally eat that for breakfast.
Why didn’t you call me and invite me over when you made those? Holy yum!!
What a delightful summertime dessert! Mmm, mmm, mmm that sounds good. I love that they’re grilled!
the grilled peaches look amazing! I am sure they are sweet and would make a great tart. I must try this at home.
I’ve never made fruit tarts, but these look divine! I’ll have to give them a try!
Those look amazing! I love grilled peaches, and I bet they do really pair very well with blueberries.
I have never tried grilled peaches. Now I’m intrigued!
Those just look so delightful. What a lovely summer desert idea!
I just picked up some peaches and blueberries over the weekend. I’ll have to grab some phyllo and make these. Yum!
These fruity little treats look so good! I can’t wait to try your recipe!
These look absolutely delicious! I love fruit tarts. This recipe is now on my “to make” list!
What a great idea! This looks so delicious. I would love to try this rccipe asap.
these look so amazing! i just love all the fruit during the summer.
These are fantastic little bite sized bundles of awesomeness! Can you tell I love this dessert? lol
Okay anything inside filo is amazing… and this, my friend, sounds mouthwatering good! thanks so much for sharing
That sounds like a nice simple dessert to make, yummy!
Gorgeous! I love the light crispiness of filo dough and grilled peaches are one of my favs! I need to make these tonight!
Those looks so good, I am gonna have to try this out, I love me some fruit!
Looks delicious! I am a total sucker for grilled fruit.
Yummmm….these look delicious and soo simple to make..thanks for sharing, will add them to my weekend treat list for the family
These look amazing!. Ive never grilled peaches!
These look absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing!
I saw these on pinterest this morning and was seriously drooling all over them! I love mini tarts like these!
These look delicious and so summery!
I’ve never grilled fruit either. Everytime I see a recipe for grilled fruit, I kind of skim over it. But this looks delicious — my family would love it!
Those look amazing!!! What a great summer recipe for the farmers market fruit!
These not only look delicious, but are so cute! Yummy!
This looks amazing