Puff Pastry Tart Filled with Almond Cream
- 1/4 cup pure almond paste (2 ounces)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 (17 1/4-oz) package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
- 1 dried bean such as a lima bean (optional)
- 1/2 tablespoon confectioners sugar
- Preheat oven to 450F.
- Puree almond paste, granulated sugar, butter, and a pinch of salt in a food processor until smooth.
- Add 1 egg, vanilla, and almond extract and puree until incorporated.
- Add flour and pulse until incorporated.
- Roll out 1 puff pastry sheet into an 11 1/2-inch square on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin, then brush off excess flour from both sides.
- Cut out an 11-inch round by tracing around an inverted plate with tip of a paring knife.
- Transfer round to a buttered large baking sheet (not dark metal, or pastry may brown too much), discarding trimmings, and chill.
- Repeat procedure with second pastry sheet, leaving round on floured surface.
- Beat remaining egg with a fork and brush some over top of second round.
- Score round decoratively all over using tip of knife, then make several small slits all the way through pastry, at about 2-inch intervals, to create steam vents.
- Brush some of egg in a 1-inch-wide border around edge of chilled pastry round (on baking sheet).
- Mound almond cream in center of chilled round, spreading slightly, and bury bean in cream.
- Immediately cover with decorated round and press edges together lightly.
- Holding a small spoon with side at an angle, press around edge to seal galette decoratively.
- Bake galette in lower third of oven until puffed and pale golden, 13 to 15 minutes.
- Dust galette with confectioners sugar and bake in upper third of oven until edge is deep golden brown and shiny, 12 to 15 minutes more.
- Transfer to a rack to cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Serve warm.
almond paste, granulated sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, vanilla, almond extract, flour, pastry sheets, bean, confectioners sugar
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/puff-pastry-tart-filled-with-almond-cream-107614 (may not work)