Apple and Walnut Cream Tart
Photo: Karry Hosford
The nuts are toasted to deepen the color of the slightly gray walnut butter.
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400°.
Step 2
Place walnuts in a single layer on a jelly roll pan. Bake at 400° for 5 minutes or until toasted; cool. Reduce oven temperature to 350°.
Step 3
Place walnuts in a food processor; process until smooth (about 1 minute), scraping sides of bowl once.
Step 4
Combine walnut butter, 1/2 cup sugar, milk, salt, and egg; stir well with a whisk.
Step 5
Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Coat a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray. Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, coat sheet with cooking spray; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon cinnamon mixture.
Step 6
Fold phyllo sheet in half lengthwise to form a 13 x 8 1/2-inch rectangle. Gently press folded phyllo sheet into prepared pan, allowing ends to extend over edges; coat phyllo with cooking spray. Repeat procedure with remaining phyllo sheets and cinnamon mixture, arranging folded phyllo sheets in a crisscross pattern. Fold edges of phyllo under.
Step 7
Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add apple; sauté 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add raisins and 3 tablespoons sugar; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Step 8
Cool apple mixture slightly; arrange in pan on top of phyllo crust. Pour egg mixture over apples. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until center is set. Cool 15 minutes before serving.
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daynanr's Review
Delicious. Have made it twice, both times using almond butter instead of messing with grinding up walnuts. I used around 1/2 cup almond butter. I served it on Thanksgiving as squares and everyone loved it.
Margareta's Review
This is the best dressed-up apple pie recipe ever! I love the crust - which isn't as hard to make as it would first appear. The walnut cream is absolutely to die for. I substituted sour cream for the dairy portion of this pie. I am making this for Christmas dinner and can't wait to have another piece.
carolfitz's Review