Apple Almond Tart
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 6-8
 
Ingredients
For the crust:
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 2 tablespoons Calvados, or other apple or pear brandy
  • 1¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 9 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, cut into ½ inch pieces
For the filling:
  • 1¼ cup raw whole almonds
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons Calvados, or other apple or pear brandy
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided, at room temperature
  • 3 tart green apples, peeled, quartered, cored, and cut into thin slices
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
To make the crust:
  1. In a small bowl, combine egg yolks and Calvados.
  2. In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, and salt. Add butter and pulse until mixture forms small clumps. With the machine running, add the egg yolk and Calvados mixture. The dough should start to form into large clumps.
  3. Turn off processor and gather dough into a ball. Flatten into a disk and wrap in plastic. Chill in refrigerator for about 1 hour (can be done a day ahead).
To make filling:
  1. Pulse almonds in food processor until they are almost completely broken down. Add sugar, eggs, Calvados, vanilla and almond extract, and salt. Blend until a soft paste forms. Add 4 tablespoons of butter and blend for about 10 seconds. Transfer to fridge.
To assemble:
  1. Preheat oven to 400F.
  2. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface and transfer to 11 inch tart pan. Trim excess dough from edges and press firmly to form sides.
  3. Spread almond paste into tart. Arrange apple slices on top of paste in concentric circles, starting with the outside.
  4. Melt remaining two tablespoons butter. Brush apple slices with butter and sprinkle brown sugar on top.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350F and bake for an additional 45 minutes.
  6. Let tart cool slightly before serving.
Recipe by Things I Made Today at https://www.thingsimadetoday.com/2014/12/12/apple-almond-tart/