Frangipane Tart

Name: Frangipane Tart
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients: 60 g plain flour; 40 g ground almonds; ½ teaspoon almond extract; 3 tablespoons apricot jam; 2-3 teaspoons water; 100 g icing sugar; 40 g caster sugar; Approximately ½ egg (you need 20 g), beaten; 60 g butter, plus extra for greasing; 100 g plain flour, plus extra to dust; 60 g cake crumbs; Approximately 2-3 eggs (you need 110 g), beaten; 110 g butter; 110 g caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Baker's Daughter

By Louise Johncox

Published 2014

About

This is a classic almond-infused tart that is perfect to share with a loved one. When I found some of Dad’s recipe notes I came across the ingredients for ‘frangipane’ - there were no tart details. I wanted to share Dad’s frangipane filling, with its subtle almond taste and scent that always transport me to the tea shop.

Ingredients

For the Pastry

100 g plain flour, plus extra to dust
60 g butter, plus extra for greasing
Approximately

Pie
Vegetarian
Microwave

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Grease a 20cm round cake tin and line the base with a circle of baking parchment.

Rub together the flour and the butter until the mixture resembles fine cake crumbs.

Add the eggs to the caster sugar and mix them together - this allo