Apple Rose Tart

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Description

An apple and walnut custard tart. Use apples with color, like Jazz™ or Pink Lady®. Evenly slicing the apples helps with the overall look and presentation. Tempering the egg is absolutely crucial for this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1 egg
  • 5 apples, quartered and thinly sliced
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 1 teaspoon water (Optional)
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 apples, diced
  • ¼ cup walnuts
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 egg, at room temperature

Instructions

  1. Whisk flour
  2. sugar
  3. and salt together in a bowl. Add butter and egg; mix with a fork until crumbly. Work dough with your hands until fully blended. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate
  4. about 1 hour.
  5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll dough out to fit a 9-inch pie plate. Place crust in the pie plate and prick with a fork.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove and let cool.
  7. Meanwhile
  8. place sliced apples
  9. sugar
  10. butter
  11. water
  12. allspice
  13. cinnamon
  14. and cloves in a large pot; cook over medium heat until apples start to release their juices and are just malleable enough to curve while still holding their shape
  15. 4 to 5 minutes. Remove apple slices to a plate
  16. reserving cooking juices in the pot.
  17. Add diced apples to the cooking juices and bring to a boil. Cook until apples are mushy
  18. 5 to 10 minutes.
  19. Transfer mushy apples to a medium saucepan. Place walnuts in the bowl of a food processor; process until finely ground. Add nuts to the apples; stir until a paste forms. Add cream; bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
  20. Whisk egg thoroughly in a small glass bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of the hot cream mixture
  21. whisking vigorously to make sure the egg doesn’t curdle. Repeat twice more. Pour egg mixture into the saucepan; mix to incorporate. Allow custard to cool
  22. stirring often.
  23. Spread cooled custard evenly over the crust. Arrange apple slices on top
  24. working from the outer edge to the center in concentric circles
  25. overlapping the slices to look like a rose.
  26. Bake in the preheated oven until browned
  27. about 50 minutes.

Prep Time: 45 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins

Servings: 8

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