French Apple Tart

Name: French Apple Tart
Prep time: 100 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Francesa
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups flour; 115 grams butter, in small pieces, fry; 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening; 1/4 teaspoons salt; 0.25 cups water, frozen; 2 green apples, peeled and sliced very thin (let soak in lemon juice); 1 cup apple puree; 2 teaspoons icing sugar; 1/4 cups apricot jam, heated for 30 seconds in the microwave

Victoria Cherniag Ruiz

This delicious apple tart includes apple puree and an apricot jam glaze.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 12-10-2010

Preparation

1h 40 mins

Low

In a bowl, mix the flour, butter, shortening, and salt. Use your fingers to mix everything well. Add 1/4 cup of ice water and stir a little more to incorporate, adding more water if necessary until a smooth dough forms. With the palm of your hand, press the dough onto a floured surface, stretching the dough slightly to soften it. Form a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Grease a 25 cm tart pan and fit the dough to cover the edges of the pan. Trim any excess dough. Use a fork to poke holes in the dough and refrigerate for another 30 minutes. Place the apple puree on top of the tart dough. Dry the apples and arrange them on top of the apple puree, placing all the slices facing the same way to form a circle. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake the tart on the bottom rack of the oven for 45 minutes or until the apples begin to brown slightly. Brush the apples with apricot jam and let the tart cool on a rack.