Best Baked Apple Tart Recipes

BAKED CINNAMON APPLE TART WITH SHORTBREAD CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sprinkle apple slices with lemon juice. In a food processor, combine the flour, butter, sour cream and sugar, pulse until the mixture forms a ball (This should take about 1 minute) Remove and press into an ungreased 10 inch tart pan with a removable bottom. (if you don't have a food processor, you can cut through the pastry with a pastry knife or two table knives until you achieve the appropriate texture.) Bake the crust for 15 minutes, until set. Reduce oven to 350 degrees. Arrange apple slices on the crust, sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and then scatter the butter pieces around the tart. Bake for 45 minutes. (Place tart on a cookie sheet to protect from spillovers or butter seepage.) When tart is done, brush with the preserves. It is best served warm with ice cream.

BAKED APPLE TART

Steps:

• 1. To Make The CREAM: in a medium bowl, beat butter and sugar until sugar dissolves and whitens a little. Whisk in ground almonds, then egg, until blended. Whisk in cream and Calvados. Cover bowl and refrigerate until needed. 2. TO MAKE THE APPLES:preheat the oven to 350°F (180°c). 3. Cut 4 apples in half and slice each half into thirds. Grate 2 apples coarsely. 4. Melt 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon sugar in large skillet over high heat. Add grated apples and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer apples to a plate. Add remaining 6 tablespoons (85 g) butter and rest of sugar to pan and, when butter is bubbling, toss in apple slices. Cook apples, stirring frequently, until lightly caramelized, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour in Calvados, turn off heat, and touch a match to the liquid. When flames die down, pull pan from stove. 5. Transfer apple slices to baking pan and bake for 20 minutes, or until almost cooked through. Cool 30 minutes. 6. TO ASSEMBLE THE TART: Position rack in lower third of the oven and preheat to 350°F (180°C). Line rimmed baking sheet with parchment and put tart shell on sheet. 7. Spoon almond cream evenly into the crust. Top with baked apples, arranging them in a single layer. Check the grated apples-if they are wet, press them either between your palms or between paper towels. Fluff up grated apples and arrange over the apple slices, leaving a bare border of an inch or so. 8. Bake tart for 40-50 minutes, or until almond cream has puffed and apples are browned. Cool tart on a rack; unmold and serve just warm or at room temperature. Dust tart generously with confectioners' sugar before serving.