Alsatian Apple And Cream Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (9 inch) ready-made pie crusts
• fresh lemon juice
• 4 granny smith apples, sliced thinly (or in 8s)
• 4 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup golden raisin, soaked in rum for at least 2-4 hours
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, for dusting, don't use if you want to cut on sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 prick the bottom of the shell and bake it on the lower third of a preheated 375°f oven for 15 minutes, and let it cool in the pan on a rack.
• 2 in a bowl stir together the apples, lemon juice, and 2 table spoons of sugar and toss the mixture until the apples are coated well.
• 3 in a large bowl whisk together the yolks, the cream, 2 1/2 tablespoons of remaining sugar, a pinch of salt, and vanilla and stir in raisins.
• 4 arrange the apples decoratively in the shell, pour the cream mixture over them, and sprinkle the remaining 1 1/2 table spoons of sugar with the cinnamon over it.
• 5 bake the tart in the middle of a preheated 375°f oven for 1 hour, or until the apples are tender when pierced with a cake tester, let it cool in the pan on the rack.
• 6 serve.