Apple Tart in Phyllo
- 5 apples, 3 1/2 to 4 pounds, peeled, cored, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1/2 pound dried cranberries and/or dried cherries
- 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 4 teaspoons grated lemon rind
- 1/2 cup finely cut candied ginger
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 16 sheets phyllo
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon canola or corn oil
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine apples, dried fruits, pecans, cinnamon, lemon juice, sugar, lemon rind, candied ginger and flour in a bowl and mix well.
- Unwrap phyllo and cover with wax paper and damp towel.
- Keep covered when not in use to prevent drying out.
- Heat butter and add oil.
- Using some of the butter mixture, lightly grease a baking pan, about 12 inches by 18 inches.
- (The pan can be as large as the sheets of phyllo, and brands differ in size.
- If they are too large for the pan, trim them.)
- Arrange 1 sheet of phyllo on bottom of pan and brush lightly with butter mixture.
- Repeat, buttering between sheets, using 8 sheets in all.
- Spread apple filling evenly over phyllo and top with another sheet, brushing lightly with butter.
- Repeat, butter each sheet, using 8 sheets in all, brushing the top sheet with butter.
- Cut phyllo all the way through into 12 rectangles.
- Bake in lower third of the oven for 25 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking 25 minutes longer, until top is brown.
- Cool.
- Serve at room temperature.
apples, cranberries, pecans, cinnamon, lemon juice, sugar, lemon rind, candied ginger, flour, phyllo, unsalted butter, corn oil
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1658 (may not work)