Almond and Crystallised Orange Tart

Name: Almond and Crystallised Orange Tart
Yield: makes 26 cm/10 inch tart serves 8–10
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. apricot jam and a tsp. water to glaze; 2 tbsp. apricot jam and a tsp. water to glaze; 1 crystallised orange, ¾ finely chopped for the middle of the tart, ¼ cut into long thin strips for the top; 1 crystallised orange, ¾ finely chopped for the middle of the tart, ¼ cut into long thin strips for the top; zest of 2 oranges; 2 tbsp. apricot jam and a tsp. water to glaze; 3 eggs + 1 yolk; 3 eggs + 1 yolk; 120 g light muscovado sugar; 1 vanilla pod; 150 g unsalted butter; 200 g whole marcona almonds

Preparation info

makes 26 cm 10 inch tart serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smart Tart

By Tamasin Day-Lewis

Published 2013

About

Make this jewel of a tart with proper halves of crystallised fruit, not the horrid apology of candied fruit. You should find it in any good deli. You may make a St Clement’s if you prefer and do half orange, half lemon, though I prefer orange with added zest.

Ingredients

150 g unsalted butter
200 g whole marcona almonds
3

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Make and line the tart tin with pâté sucrée or sablée pastry, bake blind and dry out.

Meanwhile, make the filling: melt the butter. Grind the almonds in the Magimix so they have a