French Apple Tart
Photo: Charles Masters
This free-form pie comes together quickly with the help of store-bought crust.
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425°.
Step 2
Roll dough to a 12-inch circle; place on a 12-inch pizza pan. Brush dough with 1 tablespoon jelly. Place pan in freezer for 5 minutes.
Step 3
Scrape seeds from vanilla bean. Combine seeds, brown sugar, and nutmeg in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar mixture over dough. Arrange apple slices in concentric circles on prepared crust. Sprinkle apples with the remaining sugar mixture. Bake at 425° for 35 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown.
Step 4
Brush remaining 2 tablespoons jelly over hot tart. Cut into 8 wedges; top each wedge with 1 teaspoon crème fraîche.
carolfitz's Review
On the ingredient list it should read: apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced.
AndreaShark's Review
I made this last Thanksgiving. It was a big hit. Everyone ate my apple tart, while the bakery apple pie remained largely untouched. I did not use creme fraiche - I'm not really familiar with the taste, and I could not find it in the store. I bought heavy whipping cream to make my own less sophisticated, but still darned tasty whipped cream.
Assembling this was easy - especially since the pie crust is store bought. I did spend a lot of time cutting the apples. I sliced them on my mandolin, but I wasn't sure about removing all of the tough parts relating to the seeds. I ended up taking a paring knife to every slice, which was time consuming. There must be a better way.
sasha58's Review
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