"The tarte aux pommes is a great classic of French cuisine! There are certainly as many recipes as there are kinds of cheese in France. The following apple tart (tarte aux pommes) recipe is very simple and requires only a few ingredients."
Apple tart (Tarte aux pommes)
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Prep time: 30mins
Cook time: 40mins
Serves or Makes: 6
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ingredients
For the dough
- 250 gram flour
- 60 gram icing sugar
- 40 gram almond powder
- 130 gram soft butter
- 1 egg
ingredients
For the tart
- 4 apples
- 100 gram apple compote
- 20 gram butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 package vanilla sugar
Method
For the dough
Step 1
In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar and almond powder. Add the soft butter. IMPORTANT: The butter must be soft but not melted. Mix until the dough has a sandy consistency.
Step 2
Add the egg. Knead the dough and form a ball.
Step 3
Put the ball of dough in cling film and place it in the refrigerator for one hour.
For the tart
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 175°C.
Step 2
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and form a circle of about 30 cm. Place the dough on a buttered or greaseproofed pie tin. Bake the dough for 10 min.
Step 3
Peel the apples, remove the seeds and cut the apple quarters into thin strips.
Step 4
Spread the apple compote on the tart base. Cover with apple slices.
Step 5
Melt the butter, add the sugar and cinnamon. Pour the butter over the apples.
Step 6
Bake the tart for another 30 minutes.