Warm Cinnamon-Apple Tart with Currants
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed
- 1 egg, beaten to blend (for glaze)
- 8 tablespoons apricot preserves
- 1 Golden Delicious apple (6 ounces), peeled, cored, very thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Dried currants
- Vanilla ice cream
- Position oven rack in middle of oven and preheat to 400F.
- Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon in small bowl.
- Unfold thawed puff pastry on lightly floured baking sheet.
- Brush some of egg glaze over 1-inch border of pastry on all sides.
- Fold 1-inch border over to form raised edge on all sides; press edge to adhere.
- Using sharp knife, make 1/2-inch-long cuts all around pastry edge, spacing 1/2 inch apart.
- Pierce center of pastry (not edge) all over with fork.
- Spread 2 tablespoons apricot preserves over center of pastry.
- Arrange apple slices atop apricot preserves in 3 rows, overlapping apples and fitting tightly together.
- Brush pastry edge with some of egg glaze.
- Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over apples and pastry edge.
- Bake tart until apples are tender and pastry is brown, about 30 minutes.
- Transfer tart to rack.
- Meanwhile, mix remaining 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, remaining 6 tablespoons apricot preserves, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter in small sauce-pan.
- Stir apricot sauce over medium heat until melted and hot.
- Lightly dab some of apricot sauce over apples.
- Sprinkle with dried currants.
- Cut warm tart into 4 squares.
- Top each square with scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- Drizzle remaining apricot sauce over ice cream and serve.
sugar, ground cinnamon, pastry, egg, apricot preserves, golden delicious apple, lemon juice, unsalted butter, currants, vanilla ice cream
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/warm-cinnamon-apple-tart-with-currants-103039 (may not work)