Amaretto Apple Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 large tart cooking apples (1.5-2 lbs)
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup amaretto liqueur
• 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup apricot preserves
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 lb chilled butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 prepare pastry: in medium bowl, mix flour and sugar.
• 2 cut in chilled butter until crumbly.
• 3 beat egg yolk and mix with vanilla.
• 4 with fork, stir egg mxture lightly into flour mixture.
• 5 press dough together into a smooth ball, then flatten.
• 6 press pastry into bottom and up the sides of an 11 inch removable bottom tart pan.
• 7 peel apples and cut in halves lengthwise; remove cores.
• 8 cut each half in thin lengthwise slices, keeping slices together in apple shape.
• 9 arrange apples in prepared pastry shell, round sides up.
• 10 after placing apple rounds in pastry shell, fan out slightly to cover most of pastry.
• 11 in a medium bowl, beat eggs with amaretto, sugar and salt until well mixed.
• 12 blend in cream and pour evenly over apples.
• 13 sprinkle with almonds.
• 14 bake in preheated 450* oven for 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350* and bake until filling is set and apples are tender- 50 minutes to an hour.
• 15 remove and place on wire rack to cool.
• 16 stir preserves in small saucepan on low heat until melted and bubbly.
• 17 strain to remove any solid pieces of fruit and brush glaze over pastry tart.
• 18 remove pan sides and serve tart at room temperature.