Embark on a culinary journey to the heart of French patisserie with our guide to creating the perfect French-style apricot tart, a delectable dessert that captures the essence of both rustic charm and sophisticated elegance. From selecting the ripest apricots to mastering the art of crafting a buttery and flaky crust, we'll take you through every step of the process, ensuring that your tart emerges from the oven as a golden masterpiece, ready to enchant your taste buds and transport you to the cafés of Paris.
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FRENCH LEMON-APRICOT TART
If you like the tang of citrus, you'll love this lemon tart. The apricot preserves on top add a nice bit of sweetness. -Peggy Lunde, Costa Mesa, California
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place the flour, confectioners' sugar, butter and salt in a food processor. Cover and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add egg yolk, processing just until mixture forms a soft dough. Shape into a ball, then flatten into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. , Press dough onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Bake at 400° until golden brown, 10-12 min. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce heat to 325°., In a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, whisk the eggs, lemon juice, sugar and lemon zest until blended. Add butter; cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Pour into crust. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack. , Spread preserves over tart. Garnish with mint if desired. Refrigerate leftovers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 200 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 80mg cholesterol, Sodium 100mg sodium, Carbohydrate 30g carbohydrate (20g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 3g protein.
APRICOT TART
Slice this sweet and rich tart as thinly as possible. For best results, use tart pans that have removable bottoms.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes
Yield Makes two 9-inch tarts
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat, and set aside on a floured surface. Roll dough out to a 14-inch circle, and place on paper.
- In a medium bowl, toss apricots together with sugar, cornstarch, salt, lemon juice, and zest. Place apricot mixture on the center of the dough. Spread out, leaving a 2-inch border of dough; turn ends of apricots upward. Fold the dough up and over the apricots, making a crease or fold every 4 to 5 inches to enclose fruit and prevent juices from seeping out.
- Brush dough thoroughly with heavy cream; sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 15 minutes, and lower oven temperature to 375 degrees, rotating baking sheet 45 degrees. Continue to bake until tart is evenly browned and apricots are bubbling, about 25 minutes more.
- Transfer tart from baking sheet to a cooling rack, and cool completely. Serve warm or at room temperature.
FRENCH STYLE APRICOT TART
If you like French cuisine then you will love this recipe. Very easy to make and always a success! Believe me this will be your favorite recipe soon.
Provided by Teocalli
Categories Tarts
Time 50m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 180 C degrees.
- Lay pie crust on pie plate and punch with a fork.
- In a medium bowl beat eggs and sugar. Add almonds, coconut then cream.
- Pour the just-made mix onto the pie crust.
- Add apricots (without syrup). Lay them out on bent side.
- Bake at 180 C for about 40-45 minutes.
- Options: You can easily adapt this recipe, replacing apricots by peaches and/or pears as well as mixing the different fruits. You may also replace the grounded almonds by the coconut and vice-versa.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 558.8, Fat 33.9, SaturatedFat 16, Cholesterol 134.7, Sodium 175.6, Carbohydrate 61.8, Fiber 4.2, Sugar 45.7, Protein 6.2
FRESH APRICOT TART
This tart showcases the fragrant apricots with the almond flavor in both the filling and crust.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Pie & Tarts Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- To make the crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in center. Brush a 8-by-11-inch tart pan with removable bottom with butter.
- Place the almonds and 1 tablespoon sugar in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the almonds are finely ground. Add the butter, and process until combined. Pulse in the flour, the remaining 1 tablespoon plus 1/4 teaspoon sugar, and the almond extract until combined.
- Transfer the crumbly dough to the prepared pan. Using your fingers, pat out dough evenly to make a thin crust along the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Chill the crust 30 minutes.
- Bake crust until golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- To make the filling and assemble the tart: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread the almond slices in a single layer in a rimmed baking sheet; toast in oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Shake the pan halfway through baking to make sure the nuts toast evenly. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar, salt, all-purpose flour, almond flour, and baking powder; whisk together. Whisk in the eggs, melted butter, and half-and-half until well combined. Pour the filling into the baked crust.
- Arrange the apricot halves, cut sides up, on top of the filling, packing the fruit closely together. Sprinkle the tops of the apricots with the remaining 1 tablespoon granulated sugar. Sprinkle the toasted almonds over the entire tart.
- Bake the tart until the filling is puffed and golden brown, 60 to 70 minutes, rotating the pan after 30 minutes for even browning. Transfer tart to a wire rack to cool. Unmold, and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar just before serving.
VERLET'S APRICOT TART
Provided by Patricia Wells
Categories Dessert Bake Picnic Apricot Summer Party Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch (23cm) fluted tart pan with removable bottom. Set aside.
- Make the pastry:
- In a large bowl, combine the melted butter and the sugar, and using a wooden spoon, stir to blend. Add the remaining ingredients and stir to form a soft, cookie-like dough. Transfer the dough to the center of the buttered pan. Using the tips of your fingers, evenly press the pastry along the bottom and up the sides of the pan. The pastry will be quite thin.
- Place the pan in the center of the oven and bake unitl the dough is slightly puffy and set, 12 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle the ground almonds over the bottom of the crust. (This will prevent the crust from becoming soggy.)
- Meanwhile make the filling:
- In a medium-size bowl, combine the crème fraîche, egg, extracts and honey and whisk to blend. Whisk in the flour.
- Pour the filling evenly over the pastry. Starting just inside the edge of the pan, neatly overlap the halved apricots, cut side up, at an angle. Arrange in two or three concentric circles, working toward the center. Fill in the center with the remaining apricots.
- Place the tart pan on a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in the center of the oven and bake until the filling is firm and the pastry is a deep golden brown, 55 to 60 minutes. The apricots will shrivel slightly. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Place the tart on a rack to cool. Sprinkle again with confectioners' sugar just before serving.
FRENCH APRICOT & ALMOND TART
Posted by request for a good recipe for fresh apricots. Fresh apricots really make this special! Requires 11 inch tart pan with removable bottom and pie weights or dried beans
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Tarts
Time 48m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Sift the flour into a large bowl.
- Add the butter and rub in until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
- Stir in the sugar, then mix in the egg to make a soft, pliable dough.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured work surface and use to line the tart pan.
- Prebake with the weights in a 400°F oven for 10 minutes,until the pastry shell is beginning to brown at the edge.
- Remove the weights and foil and bake for 5-10 minutes.
- Leave to cool.
- Put the apricots, cut side down, in a shallow pan with the lemon juice, water, and sugar.
- Cover tightly and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat and simmer gently for 3 minutes or until just soft.
- Remove the apricots with a slotted spoon, reserving the juices.
- Drain on paper towels, and leave to cool.
- Remove the pastry shell from the tart pan and put on a serving plate.
- Spread the pastry cream over the pastry shell and smooth the surface.
- Arrange the apricots, cut side down, on the pastry cream.
- Combine the arrowroot (or cornstarch) and brandy (or almond extract) in a small bowl and stir in the reserved apricot juices.
- Return the mixture to the pan and bring to a boil, stirring until thick.
- Add the toasted slivered almonds.
- Spoon the glaze over the apricots,making sure they are coated evenly. (Add a little water to the glaze of it is too thick.)
- Leave to stand until the glaze has cooled and set.
- Serve the tart cold.
- Pastry Cream: Put the 3 eggs, 3/8 cup vanilla sugar, and 1/2 cup flour into a large bowl, add a little milk taken from 1 2/3 cup, and mix until smooth.
- Pour the remaining milk into a heavy saucepan and bring almost to a boil.
- Pour onto the egg mixture, whisking well.
- Rinse out the saucepan, return the egg mixture to the pan, and cook over low heat, stirring, for 15-20 minutes until thickened.
- Pour into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap, gently pressing it over the surface of the custard to prevent a skin from forming.
- Leave to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 359.7, Fat 14.7, SaturatedFat 7.5, Cholesterol 114.7, Sodium 115.2, Carbohydrate 48.5, Fiber 3, Sugar 20.2, Protein 9
Tips:
- Use ripe, fragrant apricots. This will ensure that your tart has the best possible flavor.
- Don't overcrowd the tart pan. You want the apricots to have enough space to spread out and cook evenly.
- Brush the edges of the tart crust with egg wash before baking. This will help to create a golden brown crust.
- Serve the tart warm or at room temperature. It's also delicious served with a dollop of whipped cream or crème fraîche.
Conclusion:
This French-style apricot tart is a classic dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It's easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. So next time you're looking for a delicious and impressive dessert, give this tart a try!
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