Apricot And Almond Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g flour
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar
• 115 g butter, chilled and chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 200 g dried apricots
• 100 ml brandy or 100 ml grappa
• icing sugar, to dust
• cream, to serve
• 180 g butter
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 cups sliced almonds
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon flour

Recipe

• 1 pastry:.
• 2 sift the flour. add the butter and rub it into the flour using your fingertips.
• 3 add the sugar and egg. knead and gather the dough together, press the dough into a ball and wrap it in a plastic wrap. refrigerate 15 minutes.
• 4 grease 25 cm metal tart tin. roll the pastry and line the tin.
• 5 refrigerate 15 minute preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 6 <line the pastry shell with baking paper and baking beads and bake for 14 minute
• 7 reduce the oven to 350°f.
• 8 cook the dried apricots and brandy over low heat for 5 minute leave to cool.
• 9 to make the almond filling, in a food processor cream the butter and sugar. add the almonds, eggs, vanilla and flour. do not over beat.
• 10 spoon the filling in the pastry shell and place the apricots.
• 11 bake for 30- 40 minute or until it is set.
• 12 cool and sprinkle with icing sugar.