Tarte aux Abricots à la Façon de Mme Chalendar

Mme Chalendar’s Apricot Tart with Shaken Hot-Water Pastry

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6–8

    .
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
French Country Kitchen

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1987

  • About

Mme Chalendar sells earthenware and stoneware kitchen pots in Lamastre. One year, in the shop, she gave me a lively demonstration of how she makes this unusual pastry. And when I tried it in my own kitchen, it worked. The apricot tart is good, not too sweet or rich.

Ingredients

  • 450–570 g(1–1¼ lb) fresh apricots
  • 115 g(4

Method

Halve the apricots and remove the stones. (Crack the stones and keep the kernels to replace bitter almonds in other recipes.)

Dissolve the sugar in 150 ml(¼ pt) water over moderate heat. Poac