Delicious French apple tart
1 hour 20 min
Just a simply delicious French apple tart, filled with loads of apples and a creamy custard mixture. If you can, use fresh homemade pastry; if not, shop-bought is fine!
chenille
17 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 1 (23cm) shortcrust pastry case
- 2 apples - cored, peeled and chopped
- 3 apples - cored, peeled, quartered and thinly sliced
- 2 egg yolks
- 5 tablespoons caster sugar
- 200ml whipping cream
- soft brown sugar, to serve
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:1hr ›
Ready in:1hr20min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Cover pastry case with baking parchment and pour in dried lentils, rice or beans (to blind bake). Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Let cool.
- Spread chopped apples over bottom of pastry; top with thin apple slices for a nice presentation.
- In a medium bowl beat egg yolks with sugar and cream. Pour this mixture over apples.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 40 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle with a bit of brown sugar and serve.
