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Flaked almond tart

This almond tart is an American-inspired version of the classic dessert. This one leaves out the almond cream or frangipane and uses flaked almonds instead. These are toasted, then mixed with cream and sugar.

There's no point denying it, this is a rich dessert...

12,9494.4/5 for 32 ratings

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Last modified on: August 27^th 2017

For 1 tart, you will need:

1 250 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
2 100 g flaked almonds
3 200 ml liquid cream
4 100 g caster sugar
5 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
6 1 tablespoon Amaretto
Total weight: 680 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
19 min.	1 hour 5 min.	1 hour 24 min.

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Preheat the oven to 320°F (160°C).

Roll out 250 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and line the tin or mould.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Pre-bake the case for 15 minutes, then take it out of the oven.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Spread 100 g flaked almonds over the whole of a baking sheet.

Stage 4 - 20 min.

Toast for about 20 minutes until the almonds start to colour slightly.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Put into a bowl: 200 ml liquid cream, 100 g caster sugar, 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier and 1 tablespoon Amaretto. Mix well.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Tip in the toasted almonds and mix again.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Pour this mixture into the pre-cooked pastry case...

Stage 8 - 30 min.

...and bake for 30 minutes, watching the colour carefully.

Leave to cool before cutting, as this tart is very fragile.

Remarks

The original recipe contains much more sugar, so you can add more if you prefer it sweeter.

You can replace 10 g of the sugar with the same quantity of vanilla sugar.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,883 Kcal or 12,071 Kj	43 gr	240 gr	195 gr
144 %	16 %	23 %	30 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
424 Kcal or 1,775 Kj	6 gr	35 gr	29 gr
21 %	2 %	3 %	4 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,883 Kcal or 12,071 Kj	43 gr	240 gr	195 gr
144 %	16 %	23 %	30 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 1 tart : 4.64 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Lemon and lime custard tart, Bounty-style tart for Alison, Two-coloured chocolate-orange tart, Tarte Jurassienne, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet "à la normande", Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Eton mess, Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Rice and peas, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vanilla sugar, Eggs meurette, Santiago Cake, Hazelnut and orange cake, French Family Cake, ... All
	Flaked almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Brioche royale, Paris-Brest, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Brioche slices with almond cream, Génoise (Genoa sponge), ... All

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