Apricot Custard Tart

This tart is composed of a sweet pastry crust around a creamy custard that encloses the apricots. Apricots can be a problem. Even when fresh ones are available in early summer, they can be unbearably sour. Some years I wait until local ones are available and am disappointed anyway, because they lack the sweetness I expect. I have to confess that I sometimes use well-drained canned apricot halves for this recipe—about the only solution I can recommend for procuring sweet apricots. Many other