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Not to be confused with tortes.

A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling must be sweet, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard.

The categories of 'tart', 'flan', and 'pie' overlap, with no sharp distinctions, though 'pie' is the more common term in the United States.^[1]

Early medieval tarts generally had meat fillings, but later ones were often based on fruit and custard, however, it is now recognised that savoury tarts are, in fact, called pies!^[1]

Tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart, of apples, other fruit, or other sweet items.

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^ ^a ^b Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, s.v. 'tart'

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[ocf-1] Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food, s.v. 'tart'

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 :''Not to be confused with [[torte]]s.''
 [[File:Blueberry tart.jpg|thumb|right|Blueberry tart]]
-A '''tart''' is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a [[pastry]] base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually [[shortcrust pastry]]; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with [[custard]].
+A '''tart''' is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a [[pastry]] base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually [[shortcrust pastry]]; the filling must be sweet, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with [[custard]].
 The categories of 'tart', '[[flan]]', and '[[pie]]' overlap, with no sharp distinctions, though 'pie' is the more common term in the United States.<ref name='ocf'>Alan Davidson, ''The Oxford Companion to Food'', ''s.v.'' 'tart'</ref>
-Early medieval tarts generally had meat fillings, but later ones were often based on fruit and custard.<ref name='ocf'/>
+Early medieval tarts generally had meat fillings, but later ones were often based on fruit and custard, however, it is now recognised that savoury tarts are, in fact, called pies!<ref name='ocf'/>
-''[[Tarte Tatin]]'' is an upside-down tart, of apples, other fruit, or onions.
+''[[Tarte Tatin]]'' is an upside-down tart, of apples, other fruit, or other sweet items.
-Savoury tarts include [[quiche]], a family of savoury tarts with a mostly custard filling; German [[zwiebelkuchen]] 'onion tart', and Swiss cheese tart made from [[Gruyere]].
-[[File:Meringuetart.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Meringue tart]]]]
 ==See also==
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 *[[Butter tart]]
 *[[Custard tart]]
-*[[Egg tart]]
 *[[Gypsy tart]]
 *[[Manchester tart]]