Pepita Aris

Basque Apple Tart

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    six

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother: The Real Taste of Spain in 150 Traditional Dishes
Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother

By Pepita Aris

Published 2013

  • About

Tarta de Manzana or pastel vasco, as it is also known, is made with a heavy sweet pastry, which has the texture and taste of cake. It often has a custard centre. This one has an apple filling, but other fresh fruit, such as apricots or plums, work just as well.

Ingredients

  • 215 g/7½oz/scant 2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for rolling
  • 5

Method

  1. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a food processor. Add the butter and grated lemon rind and process briefly to combine, then add the sugar, 1 whole egg and the yolk of the second egg to the flour mixture and process to make a soft dough.
  2. Divide the dough into two pieces, one portion nearly double the size of the other. Pat the dough into two flat cak

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