Apricot Tart

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup almonds, toasted,blanched and finely ground
• 9 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, plus
• 2 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, divided
• 1 cup whipping cream, plus
• 2 -3 tablespoons whipping cream, divided
• 7 -8 apricots, cut in half and pitted
• 2 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375-degrees f.
• 2 combine flour, ground almonds, 3 tablespoons sugar and the salt in a bowl.
• 3 cut 1/2 cup of the butter in small pieces and work it into the dough with two knives or a pastry cutter until dough is crumbly.
• 4 combine egg yolk, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 2-3 tablespoons whipping cream.
• 5 make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour the egg yolk/whipping cream mixture in, stirring with a fork to blend until dough can be formed into a ball.
• 6 gather up the ball of dough, on a floured board knead it several times and then wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• 7 roll chilled dough out on a floured board to 3/8-inch thickness and press into a 9-inch tart pan, pressing it into the bottom and sides of pan and discard excess dough. chill for 30 minutes.
• 8 line chilled pan with foil, then fill with pie weights (or crumbled up foil balls).
• 9 bake shell for 15 minutes. remove from oven and remove foil and weights.
• 10 prick bottom of shell with a fork and return to oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until shell is light brown. cool on a wire rack.
• 11 reduce oven temperature to 350-degrees f.
• 12 arrange apricots halves, pitted side up in the tart shell.
• 13 combine remaining whipping cream, vanilla, eggs and 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl and then pour custard over apricots.
• 14 dot with remaining butter (2 tablespoons) and sprinkle with remaining sugar (2 tablespoons).
• 15 bake for 35-40 minutes or when custard tests done (by inserting knife in center- when knife is clean custard is done).
• 16 place tart under broiler for 30 seconds or when top is brown.
• 17 remove from oven and cool before serving.