Neven Maguire's Apple and Almond Tart
This beautiful dessert has replaced apple tart in our house, for the time being anyway, it is a fine replacement. Neven made this on his Home Chef series on RTE some time back, the whole series was full of beautiful recipes, this I made the next day. I am planning to make this with blueberries or raspberries next for a colourful summer tart. I usually serve this tart warm with soft Homemade No Churn Vanilla Ice-cream, and it's just delicious.
Serves 6
Ingredients
For the Pastry:
100g (4oz) butter, diced
175g (6oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting
Pinch salt
50g (2oz) caster sugar
1 egg yolk
½ tbsp cream
For the Filling:150g (5oz) butter
100g (4oz) icing sugar, sifted
25g (1oz) plain flour
100g (4oz) ground almonds
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
Large pinch ground cinnamon
450g (1lb) cooking apples
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2-3 tbsp apricot jam
To Serve:Softly whipped cream and caramel ice cream, to serve
Method
To make the pastry, place the butter in a food processor with the flour, salt and sugar and pulse until just blended. Add the egg yolk and cream and blend again briefly. Be careful not over work or the pastry will be tough. Cover with clingfilm and chill for one hour to rest. To make filling, place 100g (4oz) of the butter and the icing sugar in a large bowl and beat until light and fluffy, using an electric hand beater.
Beat in the flour and almonds and then gradually beat in the eggs, scraped out vanilla seeds and cinnamon. Continue to beat for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Preheat oven to 190C (375F), Gas mark 5. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 23cm (9in) loose-bottomed flan tin. Chill again for 15 minutes to allow the pastry to rest.
Peel the apples and cut into quarters to remove the cores, then cut into thin ( I recommend 8 wedges per apple, so that the apple wedge is right through each slice) wedges. Tip into a bowl and toss in the lemon juice to prevent them from browning. Spread the almond filling in the pastry case.
Bake the tart for 25-30 minutes until the pastry is cooked through and the apples are golden brown.
Remove from the flan tin and transfer to a plate. Melt the apricot jam in a small pan or in the microwave and brush over the tart.
To serve, cut the tart into wedges and serve warm or cold on serving plates with a good dollop of whipped cream and a scoop of caramel ice cream.
To make the pastry, place the butter in a food processor with the flour, salt and sugar and pulse until just blended. Add the egg yolk and cream and blend again briefly. Be careful not over work or the pastry will be tough. Cover with clingfilm and chill for one hour to rest. To make filling, place 100g (4oz) of the butter and the icing sugar in a large bowl and beat until light and fluffy, using an electric hand beater.
Beat in the flour and almonds and then gradually beat in the eggs, scraped out vanilla seeds and cinnamon. Continue to beat for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Preheat oven to 190C (375F), Gas mark 5. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 23cm (9in) loose-bottomed flan tin. Chill again for 15 minutes to allow the pastry to rest.
Peel the apples and cut into quarters to remove the cores, then cut into thin ( I recommend 8 wedges per apple, so that the apple wedge is right through each slice) wedges. Tip into a bowl and toss in the lemon juice to prevent them from browning. Spread the almond filling in the pastry case.
Carefully arrange the apple slices on top in a fan shape and then gently press the apples down into the filling. Dot with the remaining 25g (1oz) of the butter.
Bake the tart for 25-30 minutes until the pastry is cooked through and the apples are golden brown.
Remove from the flan tin and transfer to a plate. Melt the apricot jam in a small pan or in the microwave and brush over the tart.
To serve, cut the tart into wedges and serve warm or cold on serving plates with a good dollop of whipped cream and a scoop of caramel ice cream.
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