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Lemon and grated apple tart

You'll be amazed by the flavour of this tart, it's so distinctive and well-balanced.

The apples are grated, rather than sliced, to mix well with the lemon juice and zest. The result is an exceptional tart (yes, really!).

57K 3.6/5 based on 11 reviews

Last modified on: September 29^th 2019

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For 1 tart, you will need:

1 80 g butter
2 2 lemons
3 1 kg 250 g apple
4 100 g caster sugar
5 10 g Vanilla sugar
6 2 Eggs
7 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
Total weight: 2,100 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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52 min.	50 min.	1 hour 42 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Melt 80 g butter in a small pan over low heat.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Zest 2 lemons into a bowl.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Squeeze the lemon juice and keep this handy.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

Peel 1 kg 250 g apple.

Stage 5

Coarsly grate the apples...

Stage 6 - 15 min.

...and add to the bowl, drizzling lemon juice over each time to prevent the apple oxidizing and turning brown.

Prepare all the apples like this.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Pour any remaining lemon juice in with the apples. Add 100 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar and the melted butter.

Mix well.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Break 2 Eggs into a high-sided container and whisk for a few seconds to liquify.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Pour the eggs into the bowl...

Stage 10 - 1 min.

...and mix again thoroughly.

Your tart filling mixture is ready.

Stage 11 - 10 min.

Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C).

Use 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) to line a 9-inch (22 cm) tart tin or mould, following the tips here.

Stage 12 - 3 min.

Fill the pastry case with the apple filling.

Stage 13 - 45 min.

Bake for about 45 minutes.

Do watch towards the end of cooking to make sure that the top of the tart doesn't burn. If the top looks cooked before the underneath is done, cover the tart with a sheet of aluminium foil.

Stage 14

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Serve cold or warm.

Remarks

For a more rustic touch, leave the apples unpeeled. Just rinse them well, then grate with the skins on. You can use shortcrust pastry instead of sweetcrust.

The combination of apples and lemon tends to give off quite a lot of juice so, if you are using a dessert ring, do watch out for this leaking onto the baking sheet.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Based on one of Patrick's recipes, who I hope will forgive my adaptation.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
19,373 Kcal or 81,111 Kj	286 gr	1,841 gr	1,224 gr
969 %	110 %	174 %	186 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
923 Kcal or 3,864 Kj	14 gr	88 gr	58 gr
46 %	5 %	8 %	9 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
19,373 Kcal or 81,111 Kj	286 gr	1,841 gr	1,224 gr
969 %	110 %	174 %	186 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 5.20 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Invisible apple cake, Cochelin d'Evreux, Alsatian apple tart, Apple custard tart, Apple and almond cake, ... All
	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apricot and almond cream tart, Croute à thé, How to roll out pastry for a tart, Simple maple-syrup tart, Tarte Bourdaloue, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tarte Normande, Brioche dough, Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Strawberry mousse with mascarpone, Pistachio ice cream, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche dough, Gratin Dauphinois, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Sautéd broccoli with ham, ... All

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