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Apple Tart + Spiced Pastry Cream + Cinnamon Shortbread

 
Apple Tart + Spiced Pastry Cream + Cinnamon Shortbread
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This recipe is vegetarian.vegetarian
 
One serving costs about $4.91 One serving costs about $4.91

$4.91 per serving

1 people like this recipe

1 likes

This recipe is ready in 45 minutes

Ready in 45 minutes

1 vegetarian,lacto ovo vegetarian dessert
spoonacular Score:19%

Spoonacular Score: 19%

 

Apple Tart + Spiced Pastry Cream + Cinnamon Shortbread requires approximately 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 1. This dessert has 2873 calories, 61g of protein, and 70g of fat per serving. For $4.91 per serving, this recipe covers 63% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person were impressed by this recipe. It is brought to you by Foodista. A mixture of apples, egg yolk, it'll be overpowering, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 84%, which is spectacular. Spiced Apple Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting, Rustic Spiced Peach Tart with Almond Pastry, and Apricot tart with brown sugar & cinnamon pastry are very similar to this recipe.

Cream Sherry, Port, and Port Wine are my top picks for Tart. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "

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Ingredients

Servings:
1
1 apples
apples
1 cup
1 cup brown sugar
brown sugar
1 cup
1 cup brown sugar
brown sugar
2 Tbsps
2 Tbsps butter
butter
some
some calvados to brush the top
calvados to brush the top
0.5
0.5 cinnamon
cinnamon
1 Tbsp
1 Tbsp cornstarch
cornstarch
6 large
6 large egg yolk
egg yolk
2 cups
2 cups flour
flour
0.13 tsps
0.13 tsps ground allspice
ground allspice
1 tsp
1 tsp ground cinnamon
ground cinnamon
0.25 tsps
0.25 tsps ground ginger
ground ginger
2 Tbsps
2 Tbsps ice water
ice water
2.25 cup
2.25 cup milk
milk
0.13 tsps
0.13 tsps nutmeg
nutmeg
1 pinch
1 pinch salt
salt
2 Tbsps
2 Tbsps confectioner's sugar
confectioner's sugar
some
some it'll be overpowering
it'll be overpowering
some
some it'll be overpowering
it'll be overpowering
1 apples
1
apples
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup
brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup
brown sugar
2 Tbsps butter
2 Tbsps
butter
some calvados to brush the top
some
calvados to brush the top
0.5 cinnamon
0.5
cinnamon
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 Tbsp
cornstarch
6 large egg yolk
6 large
egg yolk
2 cups flour
2 cups
flour
0.13 tsps ground allspice
0.13 tsps
ground allspice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp
ground cinnamon
0.25 tsps ground ginger
0.25 tsps
ground ginger
2 Tbsps ice water
2 Tbsps
ice water
2.25 cup milk
2.25 cup
milk
0.13 tsps nutmeg
0.13 tsps
nutmeg
1 pinch salt
1 pinch
salt
2 Tbsps confectioner's sugar
2 Tbsps
confectioner's sugar
some it'll be overpowering
some
it'll be overpowering
some it'll be overpowering
some
it'll be overpowering

Equipment

food processor
food processor
plastic wrap
plastic wrap
whisk
whisk
microplane
microplane
pastry bag
pastry bag
oven
oven
sauce pan
sauce pan
tart form
tart form
bowl
bowl
aluminum foil
aluminum foil
frying pan
frying pan
food processor
food processor
plastic wrap
plastic wrap
whisk
whisk
microplane
microplane
pastry bag
pastry bag
oven
oven
sauce pan
sauce pan
tart form
tart form
bowl
bowl
aluminum foil
aluminum foil
frying pan
frying pan


Instructions

  1. Just so the food processor can process your dough easier, cut up the butter into cubes before putting them in the freezer to chill.
  2. In a food processor, dump in the dry ingredients for your crust. That would be the flour, brown sugar, confectioner's sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
  3. Pulse it to get rid of any large lumps.
  4. Then, add your chilled butter and let it run until the mixture resembles fine to coarse sand.
  5. Drizzle in your ice cold water a tablespoon at a time until a nice dough comes together. You're looking for a dough that isn't too wet, but comes together when you squeeze it in your hands.
  6. Bring the dough together, trying to knead as little as possible and wrap it in plastic to rest in the fridge.
  7. Rest for twenty minutes.
  8. Prepare the pastry cream.
  9. For the allspice I'll just grind up a few seeds in a spice grinder. The nutmeg is easier, just grate it on a microplane.
  10. Add the allspice, nutmeg, ground ginger, salt, and cinnamon to a saucepan.
  11. Along with the spices add 1 3/4 cup of milk, a 1/3 cup of brown sugar, and the vanilla.
  12. Whisk and put it on medium to come up to a simmer.
  13. Once it comes up to a simmer, cut the heat and set it aside.
  14. Separate six egg yolks, add to it the cornstarch, a 1/2 cup of milk, and the remaining 1/3 cup of sugar.
  15. Whisk till smooth.
  16. Now in one hand pour the hot milk mixture into the egg yolks, and with the other whisk constantly so the eggs don't curdle.
  17. Pour the entire mixture back into the saucepan and whisk constantly over medium heat until it thickens, about a minute.
  18. Keep whisking it to get rid of any lumps.
  19. Cover it with plastic wrap remembering to touch the plastic to the cream so it doesn't form a skin. Refrigerate until needed. It'll get thicker as it cools.
  20. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  21. Butter a 10 inch tart pan preferably with a removable bottom.
  22. Press the dough into the pan and work it so it covers the bottom evenly and runs up the sides.
  23. Dock the bottom of the crust and cover it with a buttered sheet of foil.
  24. Fill the pan with baking beans or uncooked rice.
  25. Blind bake for ten minutes, pour the beans out (you can still reuse them) and remove the foil.
  26. Bake it again for another 5-10 minutes until the bottom is golden brown.
  27. Let the shortbread cool for 15 minutes on the counter.
  28. Fill a pastry bag with the pastry cream.
  29. Unmold the tart shell.
  30. Pipe your cream circularly starting from the center out.
  31. Refrigerate it so it sets.
  32. Core and thinly slice some apples (whichever variety you want).
  33. Toss the sliced apples in a bowl of lemon juice and water so they don't oxidize.
  34. Finally, line the tart with the apple slices. Keep going around until you've completely lined the perimeter.
  35. Then the next spiral go around the other way.
  36. Lastly garnish with the prettiest apple slices sticking up from the center.
  37. Chill.
  38. When you're ready to serve brush the top with calvados or apple marmalade to make the top shine.
  39. All that's left to do is enjoy! And as always, Chow!

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Price Breakdown

Cost per Serving: $5.61
Ingredient
1 apples
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
some calvados to brush the top
½ cinnamon
1 tablespoon cornstarch
6 larges egg yolk
2 cups flour
⅛ teaspoons ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoons ground ginger
2.25 cups milk
⅛ teaspoons nutmeg
2 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
some it'll be overpowering
Price
$0.60
$0.71
$0.71
$0.24
$0.52
$0.07
$0.03
$1.36
$0.33
$0.03
$0.08
$0.06
$0.74
$0.02
$0.03
$0.07
$5.61

Nutritional Information

Quickview
3708 Calories
61g Protein
70g Total Fat
711g Carbs
57% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
3708k
185%

Fat
70g
108%

  Saturated Fat
34g
218%

Carbohydrates
711g
237%

  Sugar
497g
553%

Cholesterol
1227mg
409%

Sodium
609mg
27%

Alcohol
5g
30%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
61g
123%

Selenium
158µg
227%

Vitamin B1
2mg
166%

Folate
617µg
154%

Vitamin B2
2mg
153%

Manganese
2mg
149%

Phosphorus
1272mg
127%

Calcium
1268mg
127%

Iron
18mg
101%

Vitamin B12
5µg
83%

Vitamin B3
16mg
81%

Vitamin D
11µg
77%

Vitamin B5
6mg
69%

Vitamin A
3171IU
63%

Potassium
2017mg
58%

Fiber
13g
53%

Vitamin B6
1mg
53%

Magnesium
180mg
45%

Zinc
6mg
45%

Copper
0.73mg
37%

Vitamin E
4mg
27%

Vitamin C
8mg
10%

Vitamin K
10µg
10%

covered percent of daily need

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