Grande Mere Tart
Why I Love This Recipe
Ingredients You'll Need
Dough:
200 g flour
100 g butter
4 g Salt
20 g sugar
1 Tbl. water
1 egg
Filling:
2 apples, peeled, cored and cubed
2 canned pears, cubed
50 g. walnuts, chopped
50 g pistachios, whole
60 g butter
60 g sugar
100 g cream
sliced almonds for garnish
Directions
Preheat oven to 350
Directions for crust:
Cream flour and butter.
add sugar and salt
add egg and water
Partially blind bake.
Filling:
Caramelize butter and sugar, and add apples and cook out till easily pierced by fork, but not soft. Add pears.
Add cream, reduce a bit
Add nuts to warm through.
Pour into prepared tart shell and bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until bubbling.
Let cool, garnish with sliced almonds
