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Tart: FrangipaneTart

Source of Recipe

Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel


List of Ingredients

Sugar dough crust:

3 ounces granulated sugar, about 1/3 cup
½ cup (1 stick) plus 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla
2 cups bread flour (available in most supermarkets)
½ cup apricot jam or preserves, approximately

Frangipane filling:

2 7-ounce packages almond paste, diced
1¾ cups sugar
1¾ cups butter (3½ sticks)
7 eggs
¼ cup cake flour

Topping:

3 Fuji apples
Up to ¼ cup melted butter


Garnish:

Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream


Recipe

NOTE: The dough makes 2 crusts (it is very tender); the filling makes enough for 3 pies. But the filling freezes extremely well, and once you taste this pie you'll want to make it again. Use pears, peaches or fresh apricots the next time you make it, if you like. Likewise, you probably won't need a full ½ cup of apricot preserves to seal the crust.



To make crust: Combine sugar, butter, egg and vanilla in a food processor. Pulse until all ingredients are well-combined.

Add flour; pulse until dough is smooth and sticky. Scrape dough from food processor, wrap in plastic and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled (at least an hour). After chilling, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness, rolling between pieces of parchment paper (available at large supermarkets) dusted with flour.

Roll the dough over a rolling pin. Unroll it over a 12-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Press the dough against the sides and where the sides meet the bottom. Trim any excess dough. Chill dough for 30 minutes.

Heat the apricot preserves gently. Brush over the chilled dough and chill again as you make frangipane.

To make frangipane: Combine almond paste (dice paste to ease mixing), sugar, butter and eggs in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Slowly add cake flour, pulsing processor just until mixture is combined. It will be the texture of yogurt. Chill thoroughly.

To make tart: Heat oven to 325 degrees. Remove chilled tart pan from refrigerator. Spread chilled dough with 1/3 of the filling mixture.

Peel and core apples. Slice apples thinly. Fan slices attractively on top of frangipane. Brush with melted butter.

Bake about 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool slightly. Serve topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Serves 10.

Nutritional information per serving: 391 calories, 23 grams fat, 5 grams protein, 43 grams carbohydrate, 3 grams fiber.