Traditional French Apple Tart
Excellent cake of nice buttery taste full of juicy apples. A portion will be definitely not enough for you :)
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Ingredients
Ingredients
all-purpose flour / plain flour | 3.5 | oz | 100 | grams | |
apples | 1.3 | lb | 600 | grams | |
apricot marmelade | 4 | tbsp | 4 | tablespoon | |
chicken egg | 1 | pc | 1 | piece | |
flour medium | 3.5 | oz | 100 | grams | |
powdered sugar | 1 | oz | 30 | grams | |
salt | 1 | pinch | 1 | pinch | |
sugar cane | 2 | tbsp | 2 | tablespoon | |
unsalted butter | 5.25 | oz | 150 | grams | |
water | 2 | tbsp | 2 | tablespoon | |
white cane rum | 3 | tbsp | 3 | tablespoon |
Recipe
1.
all-purpose flour / plain flour 3.5 oz (100 g) • flour medium 3.5 oz (100 g) • salt 1 pinch • unsalted butter 3.5 oz (100 g) • powdered sugar 1 oz (30 g) • chicken egg 1 pc • water 2 tbsp
Measure both of kind of flour in a bowl, add pinch of salt, softened butter, sugar, egg and water.
2.
Work compact dough and put in the fridge to harden for 15 minutes.
4.
Take dough off the fridge and roll it out in a round dish. With fingers push edges of batter up to high of the dish.
5.
unsalted butter 1.75 oz (50 g)
Arrange the apples over the top of dough and pour melted butter over it.
6.
sugar cane 2 tbsp
Then sprinkle the sugar across the apples and place in preheated oven to 340°F (170°C). Bake 40 minutes.
7.
apricot marmelade 4 tbsp • white cane rum 3 tbsp
In a bowl mix jam with alcohol (rum or amaretto).
8.
Spread prepared jam with brush over the almost baked cake...
9.
.... and put back to oven for 10 minutes. Place tart on the highest oven grid and finish baking at highest temperature. If you have grill, you can finish it also under it.
10.
Cut the cooled pie and serve. Handle it very carefully as buttery dough is very brittle.
Bon appetit!