Caramel Apple Tart

Name: Caramel Apple Tart
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 40 grams Unsalted butter; 25 grams Powdered sugar; 15 grams Egg; 80 grams Cake flour; 40 grams Unsalted butter; 35 grams Powdered sugar; 40 grams Egg; 40 grams Almond flour; 2 Apples; 15 grams Unsalted butter; 25 grams Granulated sugar; 1 dash Rum; 1 Apricot jam

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

When I used a recipe that bakes the crust and almond cream/filling at the same time, the crust and almond cream turned out undercooked, so I came up with a recipe where the crust is baked "blind" in advance.

Don't cut the apples too thinly. The petal shape will be three dimensional and look nicer if the apples have a certain thickness.

The sauteed apples will shrink considerably once they are cooled. Please be careful not to overcook them in step 13. Recipe by mocchi4141

Don't cut the apples too thinly. The petal shape will be three dimensional and look nicer if the apples have a certain thickness.

The sauteed apples will shrink considerably once they are cooled. Please be careful not to overcook them in step 13. Recipe by mocchi4141

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

Don't cut the apples too thinly. The petal shape will be three dimensional and look nicer if the apples have a certain thickness.

The sauteed apples will shrink considerably once they are cooled. Please be careful not to overcook them in step 13. Recipe by mocchi4141

Don't cut the apples too thinly. The petal shape will be three dimensional and look nicer if the apples have a certain thickness.

The sauteed apples will shrink considerably once they are cooled. Please be careful not to overcook them in step 13. Recipe by mocchi4141

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the crust:
40 gramsUnsalted butter
25 gramsPowdered sugar
15 gramsEgg
80 gramsCake flour
For the almond cream:
40 gramsUnsalted butter
35 gramsPowdered sugar
40 gramsEgg
40 gramsAlmond flour
For the filling:
2Apples
15 gramsUnsalted butter
25 gramsGranulated sugar
1 dashRum
1Apricot jam

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Steps

1

Preliminaries: Butter (not listed in ingredients) the tart pan lightly and chill the pan in the refrigerator.
2

Make the tart crust: Bring the butter to room temperature and whisk until it reaches a creamy consistency. Add the powdered sugar in 3 batches and mix well.
3

Add the egg gradually and mix well with each addition. Add the sifted flour and gently combine with a rubber spatula.
4

Bring the dough together and wrap in plastic wrap. Let it rest overnight in the refrigerator.
5

Put the dough between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and roll it out 3mm thick. Line the chilled tart pan with the dough. Pierce the dough with a fork and chill in the refrigerator in the pan.
6

Weight down the crust with pie weights, and bake for about 20 minutes in a 180℃ oven. Once the rim of the crust starts to brown lightly, remove the weights and bake the bottom crust for 7 minutes.
7

Once the bottom starts to brown lightly, let it cool on a baking rack.
8

Make the almond Cream: Bring the butter to room temperature and whisk until it reaches a creamy consistency. Add the powdered sugar in 3 batches and mix well with each addition.
9

Add the egg gradually and mix well with each addition. Add the sifted almond flour and fold it in.
10

Let the cream rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour. In the meantime, we will caramelize the apples.
11

Make the apple filling: Peel the apples and cut into wedges. Soak in salt water and take them out immediately. Pat them completely dry with paper towels.
12

Heat the unsalted butter in a frying pan. Once melted, add the granulated sugar. Once it turns brown, turn off the heat and add the apples.
13

Saute the apples until they are lightly browned over low- medium heat. Sprinkle some rum in at the end. Do not let the apples burn, whatever you do.
14

The sauteed apples will stick together once they cooled down, so spread them out in a single layer to cool.
15

The rested almond cream will be cold and hardened, so soften it by mixing it well. Put the softened cream into the crust and smooth out the surface.
16

Arrange the sauteed apples on top of the almond dream, and bake the tart for 50 minutes in a 180℃ oven. While it's still hot, brush the top with apricot jam which has been passed through a sieve to remove any solid bits.
17

Once the tart has cooled down, remove it from the pan and brush on another layer of apricot jam. Optionally sprinkle some powdered sugar on the rim to make it look pretty.