(Pluots are one example.) (Photo by Claudia Alexander) David Lebovitz’s apricot tart uses the classic combination of apricots and almonds found in many well-known breakfast pastries and desserts.

Bake tart shell 20 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare apricot filling: In medium bowl, combine sugar and flour; add apricots and toss to coat. Set aside. Sprinkle hot tart shell with bread crumbs.

And pastry shop Gerard Mulot has a square apricot tart, the fruit standing up in rows like soldiers.) Nor are they textbook tarts, from instructional tomes for pastry chefs, such as the somewhat ...

I love to make fruit tarts for the holidays. It provides relief from the puddings, pies, cakes and cookies. My favorite? A strawberry tart with a brushing of apricot jam over a pastry cream-filled ...

We won’t judge. The ground-almond crust of this tart is sophisticated in flavor and forgiving in preparation. The filling of apricot halves in a rich custard is finished à la creme brûlée.