Classic Home-Style Apple Tart

Name: Classic Home-Style Apple Tart (Tarte aux Pommes à la Ménagère)
Yield: Makes 6 Dessert Servings (one 10-inch [25.5-cm] tart)
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 6 Golden Delicious apples, or enough of another variety to make 2 pounds [1 kg]; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, or to taste (for the applesauce); 1 tablespoon butter; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for sprinkling over the tart before baking); 1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for sprinkling over the tart before baking); 2 tablespoons apricot jam (for the glaze; optional; see above); 2 tablespoons apricot jam (for the glaze; optional; see above); 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar (if you’re not using the apricot glaze); 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar (if you’re not using the apricot glaze); 1 recipe Crème Chantilly (for serving)

Tarte aux Pommes à la Ménagère

Preparation info

Makes
6
Dessert Servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

About

Ingredients

1 recipe Basic Pie and Tart Dough (pâté brisée)
6 Golden Delicious apples, or enough of another variety to make 2 pounds [

Europe
France
Pastry
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Line a 10-inch [25.5-cm] tart pan with the dough, as described. Don’t prebake the shell, just refrigerate it while you’re preparing the apples. Peel and slice the apples as described. Take 2 or 3 of the small slices from each end of the apple halves—you should end up with about 2 cups of trimmings—and place them in a saucepan