Apple and cinnamon tart recipe
- 500 g (17.6oz) sweet shortcrust pastry
- 3 medium Bramley apples
- 20 g (0.7oz) butter
- 100 g (3.5oz) 120g caster sugar, to taste
- 50 ml (1.8fl oz) water
- 1 cinnamon stick or 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 6 8 Cox (or Braeburn) apples
- 0.5 lemon
- 20 g (0.7oz) butter
- 40 g (1.4oz) clear honey
- Make the sweet shortcrust pastry (see separate link) and rest in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4.
- Meanwhile, peel, core and dice the Bramley apples.
- In a pan set over a low heat, make a compote with the diced apples, butter, sugar, water and cinnamon stick or ground cinnamon.
- Bring to the boil and stir regularly.
- Simmer for 15 minutes until the fruits are cooked.
- Cool at room temperature.
- Peel, cut in half and core the Cox or Braeburn apples.
- Put them in a bowl, squeeze over a few drops of lemon juice and mix by hand.
- Roll out the shortcrust pastry to 4mm thick and line the tart tin.
- Spread the cold compote over the base, cut the apple halves into 2mm slices and use to garnish the tart in circles.
- Bake the tart for 4045 minutes, then cover it with foil to protect the fruits and continue baking for another 2025 minutes.
- Remove the foil and cool the tart in the tin.
- In a small saucepan set over a low heat, warm up the butter, clear honey and ground cinnamon.
- Glaze the tart with the warm mixture using a pastry brush.
bramley apples, butter, caster sugar, water, cinnamon, apples, lemon, butter, clear honey
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/26482/apple-and-cinnamon-tart-recipe (may not work)