French Apple Tart
For Pastry:
2 cups flour
½ tsp kosher salt
1 tblspn sugar
1 ½ sticks room temp unsalted butter, diced
½ cup ice cold water
Mix flour, salt and sugar. Add in butter until pastry becomes lumpy and crumbly. Add in water while mixing until pastry comes together. Wrap in plastic and store in fridge at least one hour.
For Apples:
4-6 Apples depending on the size
½ cup sugar
a couple of splashes of lemon juice
4 tblspns unsalted butter
½ cup apricot jam
2 tblspns water
Peel apples and slice about ¼ inches thick. Be sure the apples are not too thick or they will have a harder time softening up in the oven. After pastry has been in fridge for at least one hour roll out the pastry between two pieces of plastic so that the dough does not stick to counter. Roll pastry dough onto parchment paper on whatever dish you are using for you tart. Once your pastry is down then place your apples on the pastry. You can arrange them however you like. To see how I did mine watch the 5th episode of Bite Me…with Jules the Girl who loves to cook. Once the apples have been assembled on the pastry mix together the sugar and the lemon juice…sprinkle this mixture on top of the apples. Then place tabs of butter on the apples as well. Bake the tart at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes. You may have to rotate tart half way through and or cover with foil to ensure that the top does not burn. But you do want to see a bit of browning on top to know it is done. Once out of the oven you can eat as is and top it off with some vanilla ice cream or mix a bit of jam with some water and brush it over the top of the tart to create a kind of glaze. This is also delicious. Either way enjoy! This tart is so good!
*Note…Besides the addition of the lemon juice, this recipe comes to us from The Barefoot Contessa
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