Let's start by making the homemade puff pastry dough:
- Add flour and salt into the glass bowl.
- Cut cold butter into small cubes and add to the flour and salt.
- Rub the butter into the flour until the pieces are small and flattened. Having butter pieces in the flour mixture is good and necessary to create that flaky dough texture.
- Create a pool in the middle of the flour mixture. Add the water and start mixing the dough.
- Mix the dough until all ingredients are combined.
- Cover the dough ball with flour, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate it for 20 minutes.
- Remove dough from the refrigerator and place on a clean surface.
- Stretch or press the dough out into a rectangle shape.
- Use the marble rolling pin to roll out the dough into a rectangle, about a 12x6 inch size.
- You should see butter pieces and the dough should look marbly.
- Fold like a letter, 3 fold.
- Roll out the dough and fold two more times
- After the third fold, cover the dough with plastic wrap, and let it rest in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
Make the Cream
- While the dough is resting, make the cream
- Add softened cream cheese, farmer's cheese, vanilla extract, and sweetened condensed milk to a bowl. Using a hand mixer, combine all ingredients until smooth.
- Set aside.
Prepare your fruits
- Rinse all the berries.
- Slice strawberries into thin layers.
Baking the Puff Pastry Dough
- Preheat the oven to 400*F
- Remove the rested dough from the refrigerator and roll it into a 16 x 20 inch rectangle.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut the puff pastry dough into 12 rectangular pieces.
- Fold each side of the rectangle 1/4 inch in, creating a thicker edge on the pastry.
- Place the rectangle puff pastry dough pieces on a half-size baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Beat the egg with a fork or a mini whisk. Using a pastry brush, cover the folded edges of the pastry with eggwash.
- Take a fork and poke the center of the pastry with the fork so that it will not rise where the cream and berries will sit in this area.
- Bake the puff pastry dough for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
Putting the Fruit Tart Together
- Place the baked puff pastry rectangles onto a platter or board.
- Add 1 tablespoon of cream into the center and spread evenly in the middle of the puff pastry.
- Add the berries in your desired pattern on top of the cream.
- Can be enjoyed immediately.