Glazed Apple Tart

Name: Glazed Apple Tart
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 450 g/1 lb eating apples; 2 large cooking apples; 3 tablespoons apple and pear fructose syrup; 3 tablespoons apple and pear fructose syrup; 3 tablespoons apple or apricot jelly; 3 tablespoons apple or apricot jelly; ½ teaspoon vanilla essence/extract; ½ teaspoon vanilla essence/extract; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups single/light cream; 6 tablespoons calvados; ½ teaspoon salt; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups single/light cream; 90 g/3½ oz/½ cup castor/superfine sugar; 90 g/3½ oz/½ cup castor/superfine sugar; 4 egg yolks; 100 g/4 oz/½ cup butter

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

The New Vegetarian

By Colin Spencer

Published 1986

About

This recipe is based on a great French classic dessert, but I have changed the filling from the usual confectioner’s cream to an apple purée. It tastes nicer and is far healthier.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb eating apples
2 large cooking apples

Europe
France
Dessert
Dinner
Pastry
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

Make the pastry by mixing the dry ingredients with the butter. Then add the egg yolks and vanilla to make a dough. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll out the pastry to fill a 20-cm/8-