Orange and Almond Tart

Name: Orange and Almond Tart
Yield: serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 100 g/4 oz caster sugar; 100 g/4 oz unsalted butter, at room temperature; 75 g/3 oz ground almonds; 25 g/1 oz plain flour, sifted; juice and pared zest of 2 mandarins or oranges; 4 egg yolks; 3 tablespoons orange flower water; juice and pared zest of 2 mandarins or oranges; flaked almonds or crystallised orange peel; 2 egg whites, whisked; flaked almonds or crystallised orange peel; 250 g/9 oz plain flour; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 1 tablespoon orange flower water; 1 tablespoon grated orange zest; 25 g/1 oz ground almonds; a pinch of salt; 100 g/4 oz unsalted butter, softened; 50 g/2 oz icing sugar

Preparation info

serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Scented Kitchen

By Frances Bissell

Published 2012

About

The combination of oranges, orange flower water and almonds always reminds me of Andalusia.

Ingredients

Orange and Almond Pastry

100 g/4 oz unsalted butter, softened
50 g/

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the butter, sugar, almonds and seasoning until you have a soft mass. Work in the flour and egg, gather the pastry into a ball, cover it with cling film and let it rest in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Lightly beat the egg yolks with the mandarin or orange juice and zest and the orange flower water. Cream the butter and sugar, then mix in with the egg yolks, flour and almond