Almond Apple Tart

Ingredients

Plain flour - ½ cups
Icing-sugar mixture - 2 tblsps
Cold butter, chopped - 140g
Egg yolk - 1
Cold water - 2 tblsps
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Flaked almonds - ¼ cup
Vanilla ice-cream to serve

For apple filling

Green apples, peeled, cored, coarsely chopped - 6
Caster sugar - 2 tblsps
Water - 1 tblsp
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

For Almond topping

Butter, at room temperature  - 125g
Caster sugar - ½ cup
Eggs - 2
Almond meal - 1 cup


Method

1. Grease a 26cm-round, loose-based flan tin.

2.Combine flour and icing sugar in a large bowl.

3. Rub in butter until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

4.Add egg yolk, water and vanilla extract; mix until ingredients come together.

5. Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface; shape into a ball.

6.Roll out pastry until large enough to line base and side of prepared tin; trim edge.

7.Place tin on an oven tray and refrigerate , keeping it covered for 30 minutes.


For Apple filling.

1.Mix together all the  ingredients in a large pan  cook, until apples are tender, stirring now and then

2.Allow it to cool.

For Almond topping.

1.Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until pale.

2. Beat in eggs and almond meal.

3.Spread one-third of the almond topping evenly over pastry base.

4.Top with Apple Filling, then spread remaining almond topping over top.

5.Sprinkle with flaked almonds.

6. Cook in a moderate oven, 180°C, for 45 minutes or until cooked when tested.

7. Stand tart for 10 minutes before cutting. Serve with vanilla ice-cream.