Apricot Almond Orange Tart With Chocolate Cream

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 egg yolk ( reserved)
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 20 whole dried apricots or 1 cup diced dried apricot
• 1 cup ground almonds
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten with reserved egg
• 1 navel orange, very thinly sliced, peel cut off
• 1/2 cup peach jam or 1/2 cup apricot jam
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 4 ounces chocolate, chopped finely

Recipe

• 1 place apricots in a shallow dish and cover (just) with boiling water. allow to sit and soften, they will become raisin-like.
• 2 meanwhile, combine flour, cinnamon, brown sugar, and salt in a bowl. add butter in small pieces and mix until mixture looks like coarse sand.
• 3 beat together egg yolk and lemon juice and pour into flour mixture while mixer is running. mix well, and if dough seems a little dry, add a little extra lemon juice.
• 4 now knead mixture gently by hand and form into a ball. flatten into a disc shape and chill for 10 minutes before using.
• 5 preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 6 roll out pastry on a floured surface and place in a 9 inch tart or pie pan, forming it up the sides.
• 7 prick pastry with a fork, line with tinfoil and place a pie weight on top. if you don't have a pie weight, simply line with foil, and place a heavy baking dish right on top of the foil. this will prevent the pastry from puffing up while baking, and keep it tart-like.
• 8 bake 15 minutes, remove foil and weight and bake for 5 minutes longer.
• 9 reduce oven temp to 375 degrees.
• 10 place ground almonds on a cookie sheet and bake for 3 minutes, cool.
• 11 drain water off apricots. if using whole apricots, cut each apricot into 6-8 small pieces.
• 12 combine almonds, butter, sugar and chopped apricots in a bowl.
• 13 add salt, eggs and reserved egg and mix well.
• 14 pour onto cooled baked tart shell and bake 25 minutes or until set.
• 15 place orange slices on top. melt jam on stove and brush top of tart with glaze.
• 16 bring whipping cream to a slow boil in a pan, stirring often. pour over chopped chocolate and stir until chocolate is smooth and melted.
• 17 cool completely in refrigerator to let mixture become thicker.
• 18 cut and serve tart, stir cold chocolate cream mixture again and drizzle over tart portions on plate.