Ingredients: 5 tablespoons Apricot jam,1/2 teaspoon Cornstarch,1 Egg yolk,1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour,4 Granny Smith apples,1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon,2 pch Ground nutmeg,2 tablespoons Lemon juice,1/2 Finely grated lemon peel,Fresh mint sprigs (opt),pn Salt,3 tablespoons Sugar,1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted,2 teaspoons Cold water,Whipped cream
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375’F. (190’C.). Butter an 8″-round baking pan. To make pastry, sift flour and salt into a bowl.
- Add butter and cut in finely until mixture resembles bread crumbs. Stir in 1 tablespoon of sugar, egg yolk and cold water.Knead gently until smooth and chill 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Peel, core and cut apples in fairly thin slices. Arrange a layer of apple slices in overlapping circles in bottom of pan.
- Mix remaining apple slices with lemon peel, cornstarch and spices. Spoon on top of arranged apple slices.
- Roll out pastry to an 8″ circle.
- Place on top of apples and press gently. Prick several times with a fork.
- Bake in preheated oven 40 minutes or until pastry is golden brown. Carefully turn out tart onto a warm serving plate.
- Combine jam and lemon
