Rhubarb Pie with Almond Paste

Name: Rhubarb Pie with Almond Paste
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 1 tbsp ground cinnamon; 1 cup plus 2 tbsp (250 g) packed light brown sugar; 1¼ lb (600 g) rhubarb, cut into ½-inch (1.5-cm) pieces; seeds from 1 vanilla bean; 1 tsp baking powder; 3¼ cups (400 g) all-purpose flour, plus more if needed; Pinch of salt; 5 oz (150 g) almond paste; juice of ½ orange; ½ cup (50 g) hazelnuts; ½ cup plus 2 tbsp (125 g) sugar; about ⅓ cup (70 ml) milk; 9 tbsp (125 g) cold butter, plus more for greasing; 2 large eggs (1 separated); grated zest of 1 orange

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home Made Summer

By Yvette van Boven

Published 2013

About

Rhubarb: You could wake me up for that in the middle of the night. Delicious. Especially in this pie. With almond paste, nuts, and orange zest … mmmm!

Ingredients

For the filling

1¼ lb (600 g) rhubarb, cut into ½-inch (1.5-cm) pieces
1 cup plus

Europe
France
Cake
Summer
Pie
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Butter a deep 9-inch (24-cm) tart pan.

Make the filling

In a large bowl, combine the rhubarb, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla seeds, orange zest and jui