Alsatian apple tart
This tart from France's Alsace region has a sweet pastry (or sweetcrust) case, filled with raw apple slices and a light vanilla egg-custard mixture, then baked.
11,2555/5 for 3 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: July 15th 2018
For 1 Alsatian apple tart, you will need:
- 0
250 g Sweet pastry - 1
50 ml milk - 2
50 g liquid cream - 3
100 g caster sugar - 4
10 g Vanilla sugar - 5
80 g egg - 6
500 g apple - Total weight: 1,040 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 29 min. | 25 min. | 54 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
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Keeping:
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Prepare the custard filling by whisking together 50 ml milk, 50 g liquid cream, 100 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar and 80 g egg.
Leave to rest in the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Leave to rest in the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Stage 3 - 7 min.
Peel 500 g apples, cut into quarters, then again into eighths (more or less slices).
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Take the pastry case out of the fridge and trim off any surplus pastry to neaten around the edge.
Impottant: check that there are no holes in the pastry, or the filling will run out onto the baking sheet during cooking.
Impottant: check that there are no holes in the pastry, or the filling will run out onto the baking sheet during cooking.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Arrange the apple slices in the case...
Stage 6 - 2 min.
...and pour the filling around them.
Put in the oven immediately.
Put in the oven immediately.
Stage 7
If you have any left over pastry, apple and filling, use these up by making mini tarts.
Stage 8 - 25 min.
Bake for about 35 minutes, then leave to cool in a wire rack. Serve warm or cold.
Remarks
For a richer version, reduce the quantity of milk and increase the cream.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,063 Kcal or 4,451 Kj | 16 gr | 182 gr | 32 gr |
| 53 % | 6 % | 17 % | 5 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 102 Kcal or 427 Kj | 1 gr | 18 gr | 3 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | 2 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 Alsatian apple tart : 2.29 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Based on a recipe from the INBP (French professional bakery institute).More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tart Tatin, Apple semelles (flat apple tarts), Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Tarte Normande, Apple Pie, ... All |
 | Sweet pastry: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lime meringue tart, Tarte Normande, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chouquettes, Nougat, Breton sablé biscuit dough, Rhubarb tart, Nougat, ... All |
| Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut rocks, Plain cake, French toast "cordon bleu", Leek and artichoke tart à la piémontaise, Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, ... All |
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