Apple Tart
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Crisco
- 3 1/2 tablespoons ice water
- 6 apples
- 1/4 cup apple jelly or red currant jelly
- 3/4 cup applesauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pre-heat oven to 400.
- Mix flour and salt together.
- Cut in the Crisco until dough turns into pea-sized pieces.
- Add ice water slowly and mix.
- Form dough into ball and roll out for a 9-inch fluted tart pan.
- Quarter the apples, removing stems and seeds.
- Slice the apples paper-thin.
- Melt the apple jelly or red currant jelly over low flame and brush half the melted jelly over the bottom of the crust.
- Spread two-thirds of the apples in the bottom of the crust.
- Spread the applesauce over the apples.
- Top the tart with remaining apples, arranging them carefully in overlapping, circular pattern.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes.
- Let stand at room temperature.
- Glaze with remaining melted jelly.
flour, salt, crisco, water, apples, apple jelly, applesauce, sugar
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/772 (may not work)