Recipes
Caramelised french apple tart
Our tart is as good as the ones you see in french bakeries, and so easy to make.
Our tart is as good as the ones you see in french bakeries, and so easy to make.
(11 votes)
Cook: 1 Hour 20 Mins
Serves: 12
Price: 40p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 114g serving contains
Energy
1214kj
290kcal
1214kj
290kcal
14%
Fat
14g
14g
Med
20%
20%
Saturates
8.4g
8.4g
Med
42%
42%
Sugars
23g
23g
High
25%
25%
Salt
0.26g
0.26g
Low
4%
4%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1065kj/255kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1065kj/255kcal
Ingredients
250g plain flour, plus extra for rolling
150g butter, chilled, and cut into small pieces
1 level tbsp icing sugar
1 egg yolk
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
100g caster sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice
750g Bramley cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
40g unsalted butter
4 tbsp Hartley's Smooth Apricot Jam
Method
1
For the pastry, sift the flour with a pinch of salt, then rub in the butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the icing sugar. Mix the egg yolk with 2 tbsp ice-cold water and mix with the flour mixture to make a stiff dough. You may need a little more water.
2
Pre-heat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and line a 23cm flan tin. Prick the base and chill for 15 minutes. Lay a sheet of baking paper in the flan case and weigh down with dry rice. Bake for 10 minutes, remove the paper and rice and cook for another 5 minutes.
3
Put the sliced Granny Smiths in a bowl with 50g of the caster sugar and the lemon juice, and mix gently. Set aside, turning occasionally.
4
Put the Bramley apples in a pan with 25g of the butter and 2 tbsp water. Cover and cook until tender. Stir in the rest of the caster sugar and 2 tbsp of the apricot jam and simmer, uncovered, stirring often, until you have a thick purée. Put in the flan case.
5
Drain the apple slices and arrange on top. Melt the rest of the butter and brush the apples. Bake for 25 minutes.
6
Heat the rest of the jam and brush over the warm apples. Serve warm or cold.