Apricot Tarts
- 4 cups flour
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 1/8 cups butter
- 1 quart water
- 1 3/16 cups apricots fresh
- 2 egg yolks
- 20 cream cl .semi-thick
- 3 1/3 tablespoons caster sugar
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- blanched almonds
- Pastry Preparation:
- Pour flour and sugar in a bowl, and stir.
- Add the diced butter, knead by hand, while gradually adding the water to form a dough ball. Separate into two balls.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
- Roll out the dough, and place in individual tart pans. Bake for 8 minutes.
- Filling Preparation:
- In a bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until smooth.
- Stir in cream, mix.
- Carefully wash and dry the apricots before dicing them.
- Place the diced apricot on the bottom of tart pans. Then, add cream, egg, and sugar mixture.
- Bake in two stages:
- First for about 15 minutes at 180 C, then sprinkle with blanched almonds and brown sugar.
- Then re-bake for about 10 minutes at 170 C.
flour, sugar, butter, water, egg yolks, cream, caster sugar, dark brown sugar, blanched almonds
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Apricot-Tarts-2029595 (may not work)