25
Easy Apple Tart
Serves 6
Pastry base
• 125g plain flour, sifted
• 75g chilled butter, cut into cubes
• 25g castor sugar
• 2 medium egg yolks
For the filling
• 4 dessert apples
• 50g castor sugar
• 2 tbsp apricot jam
• 1 tbsp honey
1. Pre heat the oven to 180°C/350°F, gas mark 4.
2. Place the flour, butter and sugar into your soup maker and pulse until the mixture
resembles fine bread crumbs.
3. Add the egg yolks and pulse again until the pastry forms a ball. Remove the pastry,
wrap in cling film and chill in a refrigerator for 1 hour.
4. Roll out the pastry and line a 23cm loose bottomed flan tin.
5. Cover the pastry with a circle of baking paper. Add some baking beans (if you don’t
have any, dried beans or uncooked rice will work just as well).
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes until lightly golden.
7. Wash, core and thinly slice the apples. Place them into a bowl of water with a little
lemon juice to stop them from discolouring.
8. Drain the apples and pat dry. Arrange them on top of the pastry case slightly
overlapping them as you go.
9. Sprinkle with the sugar and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and the apples are
cooked.
10. Once cooked, remove the tart from the oven, warm the apricot jam with the honey
and brush generously over the apples.
11. Allow to cool and serve with thick cream, ice cream or some warm custard sauce.
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