Apple-almond shortbread tart

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 tart, you will need:

• 1 300 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
• 2 250 g almond cream or frangipane
• 3 5 apples
• 4 30 g apricot glaze (optional)
• Total weight: 1,450 grams

Step by step recipe

• 1: Spread 300 g sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and line a tart tin or circle, here 24 cm (9.5 inches) in diameter.
  Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F).
• 2: Spread an even layer of almond cream over the tart base.
  Place in the fridge.
• 3: Peel 5 apples, cut in 2 lengthways and remove the hearts.
• 4: Cut each apple half into strips.
• 5: Garnish the tart base with apple slices...
• 6: ...all over the almond cream.
• 7: Place in the oven, with the bottom down, for approximately 30 minutes.
  If your apples turn too much color at the end of cooking, protect them with a sheet of aluminum foil.
• 8: Let cool before, if possible, glazing the top of the tart with a brush.
• 9: Enjoy warm or cold.

Remarks

As the combination of shortcrust pastry and almond cream is quite sweet, I recommend you choose more tart apples (reinette, granny-smith...) for a delicious contrast.
Glazing in step 8 is not absolutely essential, but it quickly turns your tart into a little masterpiece...

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