Tarte aux Pommes à la Clyst William

Name: Tarte aux Pommes à la Clyst William (Clyst William Apple Tart)
Yield: Serves 6.
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: a pinch of salt; 450–680 g(1–1½ lb) ripe eating apples; 55–85 g(2–3 oz) sugar; 1 egg yolk; 70 g(2½ oz) butter; 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 45 g(1½ oz) dry white breadcrumbs; 150 ml(¼ pt) double or whipping cream; 140 g(5 oz) flour; ½ teaspoon vanilla essence

Clyst William Apple Tart

Preparation info

Serves
6
.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

French Country Kitchen

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1987

About

Although first baked in Devon using our own apples, this tart is obviously a variation on many delicious French ones. Properly golden Golden Delicious apples, honey tasting, their skins slightly shrivelled, are excellent in pies and tarts.

Ingredients

Pastry

140 g(5 oz) flour
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar<

Europe
France
Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Sift the flour, sugar and salt into a bowl, and rub in the butter. Mix to a dough with the egg yolk and 2–3 tablespoons ice-cold water. If the pastry is still very cold roll out to line a greased 20–23 cm