PRUNE, APPLE AND CALVADOS TART

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This is from Good Housekeeping Complete Christmas. Its a great tart for Christmas as all the wonderful festive flavours are there but its a bit different to the usual mincemeat pies. My mum raves about it.

Provided by Lou van

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

175 g plain white flour
225 g butter
125 g caster sugar
1 orange, juice and zest of, grated
1 egg yolk
225 g pitted no-soak prunes
1 apple (eating)
60 ml calvados
225 g ground almonds
2 eggs, beaten
25 g slivered almonds (or flaked)
125 g apricot jam

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 190C / 375°F.
  • Process 125g diced chilled butter, 25g caster sugar and the grated orange rind in a food processor until it resembles breadcrumbs. Turn into a bowl.
  • Mix 30ml water and the egg yolk, blend into the mixtureand knead lightly to form a ball; wrap and chill for about 30 minutes.
  • Roughly chop the prunes, grate the apple and pour over the Calvados.
  • Melt the remaining butter and mix with the ground almonds, beaten eggs and remaining caster sugar.
  • Roll the pastry thinly and line 23 cm (9inch) round 4cm (11/4inch) deep, loose based, fluted flan tin. Bake blind until set.
  • Add the prunes and apple to the almond mixture and spoon into the flan case. Sprinkle with slivered almonds and bake for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Leave to cool for about 20 minutes.
  • Melt the jam with 15ml (1tbsp) orange juice, when bubbling, sieve, then brush over the top of the tart.
  • Serve warm or cold with Greek yogurt or creme fraiche.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 673.9, Fat 40.3, SaturatedFat 16.2, Cholesterol 127.4, Sodium 226.6, Carbohydrate 73.5, Fiber 7.9, Sugar 36.8, Protein 12

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