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CARAMELIZED APPLE TART

3/16/2008

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    My apple tart is blushing.  Minutes before it was finished baking, I realized I didn't have any apricot jam to melt as a glaze and brush over the apples once pulled from the oven.  I ended up combining a little orange marmalade, a little currant jelly and a big splash of amaretto, warming it gently over a low flame and then brushing onto the tart.  I recommend however, unless you also want a blushing  tart, having apricot jam on hand and using that instead of my strange concoction.  Although it tasted fine, I'm a purist and the apples just shouldn't be pink!

                                 CARAMELIZED APPLE TART

2 tablespoons ground almonds
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 1/3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
3 tablespoons ice water
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter
3 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and diced
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
2 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
4 tablespoons apricot jam, heated with a splash of amaretto and
   strained
   Confectioners' sugar, sifted
1.  Make pastry:  In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, combine the almonds, flour and salt.  Process briefly.  Add the butter and process until the mixture is the consistency of small peas.  Add the water and process just until dough starts to come together.  Do not over process.  Wrap dough in plastic and chill for 2 hours.
2.  Roll out chilled dough and line a 9-inch tart pan.  Refrigerate while preparing the filling.
3.  Filling:  Place the sugar in a medium saucepan and place over medium-low heat until sugar is melted and straw-colored, about 10 minutes.  Add the butter and diced apples.  Increase heat to medium and cook, stirring mixture occasionally until apples are softened and any hard caramel has dissolved.  Add the vanilla and cinnamon once off the heat and mix well.  Cool completely.
4.  Spread caramelized apples over the chilled dough.  Make concentric circles with the sliced apples over the top.  Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes.  Remove and brush the top with melted apricot jam.  Serve with creme fraiche or vanilla bean ice cream. 

1 Comment
siri link
2/27/2009 05:46:57 pm

Looks. So. Good! I especially love the caramelizing around the edge.

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