Roasted Apricot Tart
- 1/2 batch Quickest Puff Pastry
- 2 pounds fresh apricots, rinsed, halved and pitted
- 1 cup dried apricots
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons granulated brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- A cookie sheet or jelly roll pan covered with parchment or foil; two 9-inch round cake pans
- For the tart crust, roll the dough to a rough 12-inch disk and transfer it to the cookie sheet.
- Pierce the dough all over with a fork and place a plate or pattern on to and cut it to a perfect 11-inch circle.
- Butter the bottom of one of the cake pans and center it on the disk of dough.
- Chill one hour.
- While the dough is chilling, cook the apricots.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and set a rack in the middle level.
- Thickly butter the other pan and sprinkle it with the brown sugar.
- Arrange the apricot halves, skin side down in the pan, alternating a dried apricot with every two fresh apricot halves.
- Sprinkle with the remaining butter and then the lemon juice.
- Bake the apricots about 40 minutes, until they are well cooked through.
- Cool on a rack.
- To bake the tart crust, lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees and place the cookie sheet and dough, still covered by the cake pan into the oven.
- Bake for 15 minutes, then remove the cake pan.
- Continue baking about 15 to 20 minutes more, until deep golden and crisp, piercing the dough with a fork if it bubbles up.
- Cool the crust in the pan on a rack.
- To assemble the tart, reheat the apricots for a few seconds over low heat to make sure they are not stuck to the pan.
- Invert the tart crust to a cardboard and slide the crust over the top of the pan the apricots are in.
- Cover the crust with the cardboard or a platter and invert the apricots onto the crust.
- Remove the pan and rearrange the apricots if necessary.
- Serve tepid with some whipped cream.
- TIPS:
- If you are making puff pastry in the summer or a warm kitchen, chill all your ingredients as well as the food processor bowl and blade.
- The best dried apricots can be found in the health food section of your grocery store or in organic markets.
- Look for "unsulphered" apricots.
batch quickest, fresh apricots, apricots, unsalted butter, brown sugar, lemon juice, cookie sheet
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/roasted-apricot-tart-recipe.html (may not work)