Vanilla Bean-Pineapple Tart
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup ice water
- 1 large egg yolk, for egg wash
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream, for egg wash
- 1 large pineapple (4 1/2 pounds), peeled, quartered, and cored
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise and scraped
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup dark rum
- Make the crust: Pulse flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor until combined.
- Add butter, and process just until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Drizzle with the ice water, and pulse until mixture just begins to hold together.
- Shape dough into 2 disks.
- Wrap each in plastic, and refrigerate 1 hour or up to 3 days.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out each disk of dough to a 12-by-9-inch rectangle, 1/8 inch thick.
- Place 1 rectangle on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet, and refrigerate or freeze until firm, 30 minutes.
- Fit other rectangle into an 11-by-8-inch rectangular tart pan with a removable bottom.
- Trim dough flush with rim.
- Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Make the lattice: Using a clean ruler as a guide, cut chilled rectangle into eighteen 1/2-inch-wide strips with a sharp knife or pastry wheel.
- Lay 9 strips of dough on another parchment-lined baking sheet in pairs of parallel lines slightly longer than tart pan.
- Starting in center, weave 1 new strip under and over strips on baking sheet.
- Weave a second strip 1/4 inch away, this time over, then under.
- Repeat, weaving pairs of strips across half of tart, spacing pairs 1 inch apart.
- (If strips become too soft, return to freezer until firm.)
- Return to center, and repeat with remaining strips to form lattice pattern.
- Freeze until ready to use.
- Make the filling: Cut each pineapple quarter crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices.
- Combine sugars, vanilla seeds and pod, and lemon juice in a large saute pan.
- Add pineapple, and cook over medium heat, stirring until sugars dissolve and mixture becomes saucy, about 3 minutes.
- Add rum, and simmer until pineapple has softened and almost all liquid has evaporated, about 20 minutes.
- Let cool in pan.
- Discard vanilla pod.
- Spread pineapple mixture evenly in shell.
- Combine yolk and cream, and brush along top edges of tart.
- Carefully slide frozen lattice onto tart, centering it; press edges to seal.
- Trim excess dough.
- Brush top of lattice with egg wash. Refrigerate or freeze, uncovered, until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Transfer tart to a rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 375F, and bake until crust is golden and filling is bubbling, 40 to 45 minutes more.
- (If crust browns too quickly, tent with foil.)
- Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
flour, granulated sugar, coarse salt, cold unsalted butter, water, egg yolk, heavy cream, pineapple, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla bean, lemon juice, dark rum
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/vanilla-bean-pineapple-tart-389794 (may not work)