Apple Frangipane Tart
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons (or more) ice water
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 ounces almond paste,* crumbled
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 2 medium Golden Delicious apples, peeled, quartered, cored, sliced 1/8 inch thick
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon melted unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon warm honey
- *Almond paste is available in specialty foods stores and in the baking-products section of most supermarkets.
- Mix 1 cup flour, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt in processor.
- Add butter; cut in using on/off turns until coarse crumbs form.
- Add 3 tablespoons water.
- Process until small moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if dry.
- Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk.
- Wrap dough in plastic.
- Chill until cold, about 1 hour.
- Roll out dough between 2 sheets of plastic wrap to 11-inch round.
- Remove top sheet of plastic.
- Using bottom sheet of plastic as aid, invert dough into 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom.
- Using plastic wrap, press dough into tart pan.
- Remove plastic.
- Fold overhanging dough in; press to form high-standing, double-thick sides.
- Pierce dough all over with fork.
- Freeze 30 minutes.
- (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
- Cover dough and keep frozen.)
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Bake crust until golden, about 25 minutes.
- Cool on rack.
- Maintain oven temperature.
- Combine 1/4 cup butter and almond paste in processor and blend until smooth.
- Add egg and process until well blended.
- Add flour and process just until blended.
- Spread filling evenly over bottom of crust.
- Toss apples with sugar in large bowl.
- Arrange apples in concentric circles atop filling.
- Brush apples with melted butter.
- Place tart on baking sheet.
- Bake until apples are tender and light golden, about 40 minutes.
- Transfer to rack; cool 15 minutes.
- Brush apples with honey.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/apple-frangipane-tart-100540 (may not work)