Retro Strawberries-and-Cream Pretzel Tart Recipe | Epicurious.com
"When I was growing up in Nebraska in the 1980s, my mom was the queen of what are now considered retro foods from that era. I have fond memories of her pretzel-crusted strawberry Jell-O and cream cheese "salad." Of course, now that I?m a food snob—or food elitist, as my dad would say—I have to give it a slightly more sophisticated rendering. A springform pan is pinch-hitting for the glass Pyrex dish, transforming the salad into a tart. The sides of the pan are removed to reveal the pretty layers. It can be made in a 9-in/23-cm deep-dish pie pan instead, but then I guess it becomes just that, a pie. Salad, tart, pie—whatever you want to call it, this throwback is worth revisiting...."
INGREDIENTS
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4 cups/140 g store-bought tiny pretzel twists
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1/2 cup plus 3 tbsp/155 g unsalted butter, melted
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1/2 cup/50 g firmly packed light brown sugar
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1 1/2 cups/360 ml cold heavy (whipping) cream
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1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp/125 g granulated sugar
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2 tsp pure vanilla extract
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One 8-oz/225-g package cream cheese
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3/4 cup/180 ml water
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One 3-oz/85-g package strawberry gelatin
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About 2 quarts/910 g large fresh strawberries, tops trimmed
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