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Tarte Normande

This tart showcases ingredients from Normandy: the sweet pastry case is baked blind, then filled with apple sticks sautéed in Calvados, and a cream-egg mixture.

The tart is then baked and dusted with icing sugar when cold.

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

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For 2 tarts, you will need:

1 8 apples
2 ½ cup butter
3 ½ cup caster sugar
4 8 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur)
5 2 cups + 2 tablespoons Sweet pastry
6 4 eggs
7 1 ½ tablespoon Vanilla sugar
8 ¹⁄₃ cup caster sugar
9 1 ¾ cup liquid cream
10 4 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur)
11 1 ½ tablespoon icing sugar

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
42 min.	48 min.	1 hour 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Peel 8 apples and cut into sticks.

You can quarter them and cut into smaller pieces if you prefer.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Melt ½ cup butter in a large frying pan on high heat. When melted, add ½ cup caster sugar.

Mix and leave the sugar to melt.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Add the apples, mix well to coat them in the butter-sugar mixture, then leave to cook just until they are still slightly firm, rather than soft.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Pour in 8 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) and mix well.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Drain the apples, spread on a baking sheet and leave to cool.

Stage 6 - 10 min.

Roll out 2 cups + 2 tablespoons Sweet pastry and line a 7 inch (18 cm) tart tin or ring.

Leave the pastry overhanging the edge and put to wait in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, prepare the tarte normande filling by whisking together 4 eggs, 1 ½ tablespoon Vanilla sugar, ¹⁄₃ cup caster sugar, 1 ¾ cup liquid cream, and 4 tablespoons Calvados (apple liqueur) in a bowl.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Take the pastry case out of the fridge and trim off the excess (we only do this once the pastry is fully cold so it will shrink less later).

Stage 9 - 15 min.

Bake the pastry case blind for about 15 minutes.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Take it out of the oven and fill with the apple sticks.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Pour the filling over.

Stage 12 - 20 min.

Remove the tart ring if you are using one, then return the tart to the oven for about 20 minutes.

Stage 13

When the tart has cooled, finish with a dusting of icing sugar.

Remarks

For an extra flavour boost, lightly caramelize the apples at stage 3 and flambé the Calvados at rstep=4.

Keeping

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

Source

Based on a recipe by Alain Ducasse.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,349 Kcal or 18,208 Kj	42 gr	404 gr	239 gr
217 %	16 %	38 %	36 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
144 Kcal or 603 Kj	1 gr	13 gr	8 gr
7 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,175 Kcal or 9,106 Kj	21 gr	202 gr	120 gr
109 %	8 %	19 %	18 %

% 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

How much will it cost?

For 2 tarts : 10.44 €
Per tart : 5.22 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Sweet pastry: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lime meringue tart, Alsatian apple tart, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, Rice and peas, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Eggs en Cocotte à la Française, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Nougat, Chocolate eclairs, Brioche royale, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nachos, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, X-Files cookies, Kale and potato soup, Almond macaroon cake, ... All

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