Apple Tart

Name: Apple Tart
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 recipe pie dough made with butter plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar sifted with the flour; 1 recipe pie dough made with butter plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar sifted with the flour; 1 recipe pie dough made with butter plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar sifted with the flour; 4 or 5 apples (such as Golden Delicious), peeled, cored and sliced ¼ inch thick; 4 or 5 apples (such as Golden Delicious), peeled, cored and sliced ¼ inch thick; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; ⅓ cup apricot jam

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples (A Country Garden Cookbook)

By Christopher Idone

Published 1998

About

The big free-formed tart is a rustic dessert served in the fall at the home of friends of mine in the hills of Provence.

Ingredients

1 recipe pie dough made with butter plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar sifted with the flour

Europe
France
Provence
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Toss the sliced apples with the lemon juice and set aside.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out ⅔ of the pie dough into a long rectangle, approximately ⅛-inch thick, to fit a large flat baking sheet. Place the pastry on the sheet. Re