Apple And Blueberry Tart With Vanilla Custard Recipe
- 1 x 375 gram pac sweet pastry
- 25 gm Unsalted butter
- 25 gm Caster sugar, 1 egg
- 25 gm Grnd pecans
- 2 tsp Plain flour
- 1 pch cinnamon
- 150 gm Blueberries
- 2 x Cox's apples
- 3 Tbsp. Maple syrup
- 150 ml Double cream
- 150 ml Lowfat milk
- 1 x Vanilla pod
- 2 x Large eggs
- 1 Tbsp. Caster sugar Icing sugar, to dust
- Preheat oven to 220c/450f/Gas 7.
- 1 Roll the pastry out on a floured surface till 5mm/1/4" thick and use to line two tartlet tins.
- 2 Using a fork, prick the base of tartlets well.
- Cover with clingfilm and transfer to the fridge to chill.
- 3 Crack the egg into a small bowl and beat lightly.
- Place the butter and sugar in a small bowl and cream till softened.
- 4 Grind the pecans in the mini blender.
- Add in to the bowl with 2 tbsp egg, flour and cinnamon.
- Combine well.
- 5 Place half of the blueberries in a small bowl and, using the back of a spoon, crush lightly.
- 6 Remove the lined tartlet tins from the fridge and place on a baking tray.
- Spread the pecan fold in the base of each and spoon over the blueberries, gently pushing into the mix.
- Transfer to the oven and bake for eight min.
- 7 Using a corer, remove the cores from the apples.
- Cut the apples in half and then into 1cm/1/2" thick slices.
- 8 Heat the maple syrup in a medium frying pan.
- Add in the apple slices and cook on a medium heat, stirring occasionally, till golden brown and tender.
- 9 For the Custard: Put the cream and lowfat milk into a saucepan.
- Split the vanilla pod down one side lengthways and add in to the pan.
- Heat through gently till just below boiling point.
- 10 Place the yolks into a medium bowl.
- Add in the sugar and beat together till smooth.
- 11 Remove the tarts from the oven and place on an upturned ramekin to remove sides of the tin.
- Place back on baking tray and bake for another 4-5 min till golden brown.
- 12 Pour the warm lowfat milk into the egg mix, whisking all the time.
- Wipe out the pan and strain the custard back in.
- Cook over a gentle heat, whisking all the time till the custard has slightly thickened.
- 13 Stir in the remaining blueberries to the apples and cook for another minute.
- 14 To serve: Remove the tarts from the oven and transfer to the plates.
- Spoon over the apple and blueberry mix and pour around the vanilla custard.
- Dust lightly with icing sugar and eat immediately.
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Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/apple-and-blueberry-tart-with-vanilla-custard-66048 (may not work)