French Home Apple Tart

Name: French Home Apple Tart
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup unbleached white flour; 1 cup whole wheat flour; 1 pinch salt; 1/3 cup water; 2 stick unsalted butter; 4 large Granny Smith apples or any available apples, peeled, quartered, cored and cut into thin slices; 1 recipe for crème pâtissière, opt.; apple sauce, opt.; brown sugar

Tidepool @cook_3910818

This recipe comes from my wife, who learned it from her father while growing up in France. Children love to help making the tarts which are traditionally served on Sunday afternoon during weekly family gatherings. Any seasonal fruit can be used.

Tidepool @cook_3910818

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Ingredients

1 hour

6 servings

Ingredients
1 cupunbleached white flour
1 cupwhole wheat flour
1 pinchsalt
1/3 cupwater
2 stickunsalted butter
4large Granny Smith apples or any available apples, peeled, quartered, cored and cut into thin slices
1recipe for crème pâtissière, opt.
apple sauce, opt.
brown sugar

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Steps

1 hour

1

Mix flours and salt
2

Cut in butter into flour in very small pieces. Mix well and finish with (clean) fingers in order to obtain the appearance of crumbs.
3

Add water, a little at a time, and stop when play-dough consistency is achieved.
4

Cover the bowl with plate or towel, and let sit for an hour if possible.
5

Roll out the dough. Use an oiled tart dish if available. A pie dish will do, but you will need creme pâtissière or apple sauce at the bottom since the tart will be deeper.
6

Opt: Pour 1/2" crème pâtissière or apple sauce at the bottom. Arrange the apple slices on top, from the outer edges toward the center, cutting the slices in halves to finish up. I filled in any gap with small pieces.
7

Sprinkle some brown sugar on top.
8

Bake at 380°F , 45 min to an hour, until golden-brown.