Apple Tart with Frangipane

Name: Apple Tart with Frangipane
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients: 250 g (2 cups) all-purpose flour; 125 g (u00bd cup) butter, cut into little pieces; 100 g (u00bd cup) sugar; 2 egg yolks; Zest of 1 lemon; 100 g (2/5 cup) butter at room temperature; 100 g (2/5 cup) icing sugar; 100 g (3.5 ounces) finely ground peeled almonds; 30 g (1/5 cup) flour; 1 Tablespoon Amaretto liqueur; 1 or 2 eggs; 3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced (squeeze a little lemon juice on them); Turbinado sugar, to taste

By Leslie Blythe Apples, Dessert, Italian Baking

June 22, 2015

This rustic Apple Tart with Frangipane, a Tuscan dessert that uses tart apples with a base of frangipane, which is a sweet, almond paste. You can use a mandoline to cut the apples into thin, uniform slices.

Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 35 mins
Yields: 8 Servings

Ingredients

Crust

250 g (2 cups) all-purpose flour

125 g (½ cup) butter, cut into little pieces

100 g (½ cup) sugar

2 egg yolks

Zest of 1 lemon

Tart Filling

100 g (2/5 cup) butter at room temperature

100 g (2/5 cup) icing sugar

100 g (3.5 ounces) finely ground peeled almonds

30 g (1/5 cup) flour

1 Tablespoon Amaretto liqueur

1 or 2 eggs

3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced (squeeze a little lemon juice on them)

Turbinado sugar, to taste

Directions

1Line an ovenproof tart dish with baking paper.

Crust

1On a wooden work surface, mix together the flour, sugar and butter.

2Rub the butter into the flour and sugar, until it is completely worked in. Work lightly so that the butter does not melt.

3Make a mound out of this mixture and make a well in the centre. Add the eggs yolks and lemon zest.

4Work the ingredients together, first with a fork, then with your hands, until you have a smooth, soft pastry dough.

5Wrap the pastry dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes (ideally 2 hours).

Tart Filling

1Mix together the ingredients, first the icing sugar and butter, then the remaining ingredients. Add the egg and Amaretto.

2Press the pastry dough into a tart dish 1/2 inch thick.

3Spoon the frangipane mixture over the pastry.

4Arrange the apples on top. Dust with Turbinado sugar.

5Bake in an oven preheated to 350°F for 35 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown.

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