Sant’Antonio Apple Tart

Name: Sant’Antonio Apple Tart
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 egg white, lightly beaten; Grated zest of 1 orange; 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced; ¼ tsp. kosher salt; ¼ tsp. ground cinnamon; 1 ¼ cups red wine; 2 egg yolks; ¼ cup milk; 6 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into ½″ cubes; 2 cups flour, plus more for dusting; 7 tbsp. sugar, plus more for sprinkling; 1 tsp. baking soda

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Comfort Food

By The Editors of Saveur

Published 2015

About

Cooks in the Piedmontese alpine town of Oulx flavor this traditional apple tart, named for the town’s patron saint, with red wine and cinnamon. Before the apples are arranged on the pastry, they are simmered in the wine, which turns them a beautiful deep burgundy.

Ingredients

2 cups flour, plus more for dusting
7 tbsp. sugar, plus more for sprinkling
1

Europe
Italy
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

In a bowl, whisk together flour, 1 tbsp. sugar, and baking soda; rub butter into flour until pea-size crumbles form. In another bowl, whisk together milk and egg yolks; using a fork, mix into flour. Transfer to a floured surface and knead into a ball. Cover in plastic wrap and c