Description

This apple almond tart recipe has the perfect combination of crumbly pastry and delicious apples.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup of softened butter
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1 1/4 cup of flour
• 4 oz of almond paste
• 8 oz of cream cheese
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract
• 3-4 apples
• 1/2 cup of heated apricot preserves

Steps

1. This first step is to make the sweat tart pastry. Preparing the pastry is a straight forward process. Using a food processor or a mixing bowl, place butter, powdered sugar and flour. Blend this mixture together until it becomes firm.
2. When happy with the consistency of the dough, using a 11 or 12 inch tart pan press dough into the bottom and sides of the pan. Pierce pastry with a fork.
3. Heat the oven to 350 ° F (180 ° C) and bake the pastry for 10 to 20 minutes or until it turns a golden color. Remove the sweat tart pastry from oven and make sure it cools completely before doing the filling.