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French apple tart

Made this beauty for a pre-xmas gathering of friends. Its not very difficult and visually impressive. Mango tart for summer, apple tarts for winter.

Cutting fruits into thin slices is therapeutic. Leaving the thinnest slices for the centre allows them to bend more into petal shapes.

French apple tart
Ingredients
  • tart shell
  • flour 1.25 cup
  • sugar 3 tbsp (I use coconut sugar)
  • butter 1 stick
  • salt ΒΌ tsp
  • almond cream
  • butter, 1/2 stick
  • egg, 1 medium
  • powdered sugar, 1/4 cup
  • almond meal, 1/4 cup
  • decor
  • gala apples, 3 medium
  • cinnamon, a pinch
Instructions
tart shell
  1. preheat oven to 375
  2. melt butter in microwave
  3. mix butter, floor, sugar (3 tbsp) and salt in a bowl until it comes together to form soft dough
  4. press dough onto bottom of 9-inch tart pan and up the sides (i used a plastic wrap and bottom of measuring cup) and make sure it’s even and thin
  5. put in fridge for 30 min
  6. prick bottom with fork and bake for 10 min
  7. remove from oven and let cool to room temperature
almond cream
  1. cream butter and add in egg, powdered sugar and almond meal and mix well
  2. apple to bottom of cooled tart shell
assembly
  1. cup apples into thin slices and arrange on top of almond cream
  2. sprinkle with cinnamon
  3. bake for additional 20-30 min