Name: French Apple Tart
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 ready baked or store bought 9 inch pie crust.; 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced into 1 inch thick pieces; 2 tbs castor or regular sugar; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 1 & 1/4 cups applesauce; 1/4 cup apricot jam mixed with 1 tbs hot water

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French Apple Tart, a delicious sweet, crumbly pastry tart with slices of apple sitting on a crisp pastry base. Ideal for dessert or to have with tea.

French Apple Tart! This is a wonderful recipe. It's super easy, and so pretty too.
Often served chilled, with a coffee or cup of tea, you will find these tarts in many patisseries across Europe. You can make this in one large tart or make mini ones. The choice is yours! Please do enjoy.
Recipe by Adelenne Lee

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Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

Approx 30 minutes

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Yield

6 Persons

You will need

9 inch pie dish

Ingredients

1 ready baked or store bought 9 inch pie crust. (see below if you would like to make your own)
4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced into 1 inch thick pieces
2 tbs castor or regular sugar
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 & ¼ cups applesauce ( see below if you would like to make your own)
¼ cup apricot jam mixed with 1 tbs hot water

Here's our recipe if you would like to make your own pie crust. Please note, you will need to add 2 Tablespoons of sugar to the flour.
Here's our recipe if you would like to make your own apple sauce. You will need 2 apples for this recipe.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200C or 400 F. Butter an 8 - 9 inch tart tin.
If making your own pastry, roll the pastry and line it in the tin. With a fork, prick the base. Put parchment or foil with pie weights or dried beans and bake the pastry for 20 minutes. Remove the dried beans continue baking another 10 minutes if the base is still pale. Let cool when done.

2. Meanwhile, put apple slices, sugar, and cinnamon in a pan and cook for 3-5 minutes until slightly cooked. Remove from heat and let cool.

3. Use the apricot jam mixture to brush the base of the cooled pastry. Put the apple sauce into the baked shell and spread it evenly. Arrange the cooled apple slices all around, overlapping each other.

4. Bake the tart for 25-30 minutes until apples are soft. At this stage, you can brush the tart with more of the apricot jam mixture and put it back in the oven at 240 C or 475 F for 5 minutes till the apples are slightly brown on the edges. Brush with more jam when it's done.

Allow to completely cool and serve in slices on its own or with some whipped cream. Delicious!

We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other ingredients? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!

If you'd like to learn how to make French Sable Pastry, traditionally used for fruit tarts, be sure to check out our easy French Pastry recipe. We've also got a delicious French Fruit Tart recipe which is a real showstopper; delicious fresh fruits sitting on a thick layer of pastry cream.

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French Apple Tart

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

French Apple Tart, a delicious sweet, crumbly pastry tart with slices of apple sitting on a crisp pastry base. Ideal for dessert or to have with tea.

Ingredients

1 ready baked or store bought 9 inch pie crust.
4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced into 1 inch thick pieces
2 tbs castor or regular sugar
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 & ¼ cups applesauce
¼ cup apricot jam mixed with 1 tbs hot water

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200C / 400 F. Butter an 8-9 inch tart tin.
If making your own pastry, roll the pastry and line it in the tin. With a fork, prick the base. Put parchment or foil with pie weights or dried beans and bake the pastry for 20 minutes. Remove the dried beans and continue baking for another 10 minutes if the base is still pale. Let cool when done.
2. Meanwhile, put apple slices, sugar, and cinnamon in a pan and cook for 3-5 minutes until slightly cooked. Remove from heat and let cool.
3. Use the apricot jam mixture to brush the base of the cooled pastry. Put the apple sauce into the baked shell and spread it evenly. Arrange the cooled apple slices all around, overlapping each other.
4. Bake the tart for 25-30 minutes until the apples are soft. At this stage, you can brush the tart with more of the apricot jam mixture and put it back in the oven at 240 C or 475 F for 5 minutes till the apples are slightly brown on the edges. Brush with more jam when it's done.
Allow to completely cool and serve in slices on its own or with some whipped cream. Delicious!

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