Fig and Apple Phyllo Tart
- an 8-ounce package dried Calimyrna figs (about 1 cup)
- 3/4 cup apple juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
- 8 sheets phyllo dough, thawed if frozen
- 4 medium Empire, Winesap, or Jonagold apples (about 2 pounds)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1 large egg, beaten lightly
- 2 tablespoons natural almonds, toasted and chopped
- confectioners' sugar for sprinkling
- Remove any stems from figs.
- In a saucepan combine figs with remaining filling ingredients and simmer, covered, 20 minutes, or until very tender.
- Transfer mixture to a food processor and blend until smooth.
- Brush a 9-inch-square or 10-inch round tart pan with a removable fluted rim with some butter.
- On a work surface arrange 1 sheet phyllo with a short side facing you and brush with some butter, On it layer 3 more sheets phyllo and more butter in same manner and line pan, pressing phyllo into pan with fingertips and leaving short sides overhanging.
- Repeat layering procedure with remaining phyllo and some of remaining butter and arrange in pan at a 90-degree angle to the first lining, easing to fit.
- Put pan on a baking sheet and roll overhanging edges under loosely (outside the pan) to form a decorative edge.
- Brush edge with remaining butter and spread fig mixture evenly on bottom.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Peel, quarter, and core apples and cut each quarter in 3 or 4 wedges.
- Arrange apple wedges over fig mixture in decorative pattern and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
- Bake tart in middle of oven 40 minutes.
- In a small bowl stir together yogurt and egg.
- Remove tart from oven and increase oven temperature to 475F.
- Pour yogurt mixture over apples and cover edge of tart with foil.
- Return tart to oven and bake 15 minutes, or until apples begin to brown.
- Cool tart in pan on a rack 30 minutes and sprinkle with almonds and confectioners' sugar.
apple juice, sugar, unsalted butter, phyllo, empire, sugar, vanilla yogurt, egg, natural almonds, confectioners
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/fig-and-apple-phyllo-tart-10718 (may not work)