Apple and Prune Tart
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 4 to 5 tablespoons ice water
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 tablespoons Calvados
- 1 cup packed pitted prunes (7 oz), halved
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of ground cloves
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 pounds tart green apples (5)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup walnut pieces, toasted
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pulse together flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor.
- Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Sprinkle in 4 tablespoons ice water and pulse until pastry starts to hold together, adding remaining tablespoon ice water if needed.
- Turn dough out onto a very lightly floured surface and knead 4 or 5 times.
- Form dough into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, 30 minutes.
- Simmer water, Calvados, and prunes, uncovered, until most of liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and cool.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Stir together cinnamon, cloves, 2 tablespoons flour, and 1/2 cup sugar.
- Peel and core apples and cut into 1/2-inch wedges.
- Halve wedges crosswise and toss with cinnamon mixture.
- Add lemon juice and toss to coat.
- Finely grind walnuts with remaining 3 tablespoons flour and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface into a 14- by 18-inch oval.
- Roll dough loosely onto floured rolling pin and unroll onto a large buttered baking sheet.
- Spinkle walnut mixture over pastry, leaving a 2 1/2- to 3-inch border.
- Stir stewed prunes into apple mixture and spoon over walnut mixture, evenly tucking prunes between apple pieces.
- Turn edge of dough over fruit to form pleats.
- Brush top of dough with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake tart, loosely covered with foil, in middle of oven 30 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake until crust and fruit are golden and juices are bubbling, about 30 minutes more.
- Cool tart on baking sheet on a rack at least 20 minutes before serving.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/apple-and-prune-tart-102587 (may not work)