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Name: Apple and almond gratin
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 200 ml liquid cream; 3 egg yolks; 10 g Vanilla sugar; 50 g caster sugar; 50 g ground almonds; 30 g butter; 1 kg 500 g apple

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Apple and almond gratin

Imagine a gratin, but sweet, made with apples and toasted ground almonds.

This delicious dessert combines apples and almonds with a vanilla custard-like mixture - simply yummy!

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Last modified on: February 8^th 2017

For 6 people, you will need:

1 200 ml liquid cream
2 3 egg yolks
3 10 g Vanilla sugar
4 50 g caster sugar
5 50 g ground almonds
6 30 g butter
7 1 kg 500 g apple
Total weight: 1,900 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	45 min.	1 hour 5 min.

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A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

5 min.

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Prepare the cream mixture

Mix in a bowl with a whisk: 200 ml liquid cream, 3 egg yolks, 10 g Vanilla sugar and 50 g caster sugar.

Set aside.

Stage 2

5 min.

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Toast the almonds

Use a small non-stick frying pan on high heat. Tip in 50 g ground almonds and dry roast lightly, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula or spoon.

Stage 3

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Take off the heat as soon as the almonds begin to colour slightly.

This process brings out the full flavour of the almonds.

Stage 4

1 min.

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Assemble the gratin

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter a gratin dish.

Stage 5

7 min.

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Peel 1 kg 500 g apple and cut into small pieces.

Spread half the apple pieces in the dish.

Stage 6

2 min.

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Scatter the toasted almonds over the top.

Stage 7

2 min.

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Add the rest of the apples and pour the cream mixture over.

Stage 8

3 min.

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Scatter a little caster sugar on top and add slivers of butter to help the top brown.

Stage 9

40 min.

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Cooking and serving

Cook in the oven for 40 minutes.

Serve either warm or cold, on its own or, if you can't resist good things, with a little whipped cream.

Remarks

If you wish, you can add a tablespoonful of Calvados to the cream mixture.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 4.74 €
Per person : 0.79 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tarte Jurassienne, Four quarters (adding fruit), Sweet pancake rolls from Brittany, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", Toffee apple upside-down cake, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pasta with mushrooms, Madras rice, Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Pistachio ice cream, Rice and peas, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crêpes Suzette, Passion fruit jellies, Old style brioche, Soft fruits in sabayon, Breton sablé biscuit dough, ... All
	Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apricot blancmange, Apple Strudel, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Amaretti, Almond macaroon cake, ... All

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