Apple Tart Recipe
Ingredients
- Pastry Crust
- 100g sugar
- 1 egg
- 175g butter
- 350g plain flour
- Apple Puree
- 2-3 red apples (peeled and cut into very small pieces)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 10g butter
- Almond cream
- 75g butter
- 45g caster sugar
- 60g ground almond
- 2 tsp plain flour
- 1 tsp cornflour
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Apple Toppings
- 2-3 red apples (peeled and cut into thin slices)
- 15g butter, melted
- 1 tbsp sugar
Directions
- <<Pastry Crust>>
- Preheat oven at 180 deg C.
- Place sugar, egg and butter in mixer and beat until sugar is just dissolved. Add sifted plain flour and mix until dough holds together. Keep in fridge for 15 mins. Press dough evenly to springform tart pan and prick the base with a fork.
- Blind bake at 180 deg C for 15 mins , then remove and let cool.
- <<Apple Puree>>
- Combine cut apples, sugar and water in a small pot. Cook the mixture for about 10 mins till soft. Stir in vanilla extract and 10g butter. Whisk mixture lightly to mash up the apples. Set aside.
- <<Almond Cream>>
- Cream butter and sugar lightly. Add ground almond and mix to combine.
- Add flour and cornstarch, mix, then add beaten egg and vanilla extract. Mix well.
- Assembly
- Spread almond cream evenly onto the half baked tart shell.
- Spread apple puree over the almond cream.
- Arrange apple slices on top of apple puree. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake at 170 deg C for 40-50 mins.
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