French apple tart

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Ingredients

  • For the pastry:

  • 280g plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 110g cold unsalted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , Technique: Dicing Cutting a larger piece of food into even cube-shaped pieces. I know this Teach me, please diced
  • 120ml ice water
  • For the apples:

  • 4 granny smith apples
  • 100g granulated sugar
  • 55g cold unsalted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter , small Technique: Dicing Cutting a larger piece of food into even cube-shaped pieces. I know this Teach me, please diced
  • 160g apricot jam or warm sieved apricot preserve
  • 2 tbsp Calvados, rum or water

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make French apple tart

1) For the pastry, place the plain flour, salt and granulated sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pulse for a few seconds to combine.

2) Add the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and pulse 10 to 12 times, until the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter is in small bits the size of peas. With the motor running, pour the ice water down the feed tube and pulse just until the dough starts to come together.

3) Dump the pastry onto a floured board and Technique: Kneading A way to mix and work dough to form a smooth, elastic ball, ready to shape and cook. I know this Teach me, please knead quickly into a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

4) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas mark 6. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Roll the dough slightly larger than 25 x 35 cm. using a ruler and a small knife, trim the edges. Place the dough on the prepared sheet pan and refrigerate while you prepare the apples.

5) Peel the apples and cut them in half through the stem. Remove the stems and cores with a sharp knife and a melon baler. Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please Slice the apples crosswise in 1cm thick Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices .

6) Place overlapping Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices of apples diagonally down the middle of the tart and continue making diagonal rows on both sides of the first row until the pastry is covered with apple Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices (I tend not to use the apple ends in order to make the arrangement beautiful).

7) Sprinkle the apples with the full 100g of granulated sugar and dot with the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter . Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until the pastry is browned and the edges of the apples start to brown.

8) Rotate the pan once during cooking. If the pastry puffs up in one area, cut a little slit with a knife to let the air out. Don't worry! The apple juices will burn in the pan but the tart will be fine!

9) When the tart is done, heat the apricot jam together with the calvados and brush the apples and the pastry completely with the jam mixture. Loosen the tart with a metal spatula so it doesn't stick to the paper. Allow to cool and serve warm or at room temperature.