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Apple/Pear Tart
Serves 6
Easy
Total time:
Creamy apple or pear tart
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Ingredients for pastry:
- 200g plain flour
- 125g unsalted butter
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 25ml cold water
Ingredients for apple filling:
- 5 small apples (pink lady or cox) or
- 5 pears
- 1 tbs unsalted butter
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 2 tbs sugar
Ingredients for topping:
- 125ml double cream
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tbs sugar
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3.step 2
Pour water, flour, butter, salt, egg and baking powder into the bowl.step 3
Knead the dough for a few minutes until is soft and not sticky.step 4
Roll out the dough on a well-floured surface to a 1cm thickness.step 5
Place the dough on a baking tray.step 6
Prick the bottom of the tart with a fork.step 7
Bake a pastry in the oven for about 20min.step 8
Make syrup by melting the butter with lemon juice and sugar in a small saucepan.step 9
Remove from the heat.step 10
Cut peeled and cored apples/pears into thin slices.step 11
When the tart bottom has chilled, lay the apple/pears slices in concentric circles.step 12
Sprinkle the syrup over the apples/pears.step 13
Bake for 20min until the pastry is pale golden brown.step 14
Whisk together the double cream, egg yolks and sugar till thick and creamy.step 15
When the pastry is ready pour the cream over the tart.step 16
Bake the cake in the oven for next 10 mins until mixture just set.
