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

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: Approx 30 minutes

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 / 400 F. Butter a 8-9 inch tart tin.
If making your own pastry, roll 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 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 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 back in the oven at 240 C / 475 F for 5 minutes till the apples slightly brown on the edges. Brush with more jam when it's done.

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

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French Apple Tart

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 1 inch ready baked or store bought 9 pie crust. see below if you would like to make your own
• 4 inch Granny Smith apples peeled and sliced into 1 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

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200C / 400 F. Butter a 8-9 inch tart tin.
2. If making your own pastry, roll 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 dried beans continue baking another 10 minutes if the base is still pale. Let cool when done.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Bake 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 back in the oven at 240 C / 475 F for 5 minutes till the apples slightly brown on the edges. Brush with more jam when it's done.
6. Allow to completely cool and serve in slices on it's own or with some whipped cream. Delicious!