French Apple Tart

Ingredients

235ml (1cup) plain flour
5ml (1tsp) sugar
85g (1/3cup) butter
900g (2lbs) Granny Smith apples
30ml (2tbsp) water
grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
60ml (4tbsp) apricot jam
225g (1/2lb) Golden Delicious apples

Method

• Preheat oven to 180C (350F) degrees.
  
  

• Sift the flour into a large bowl and mix in the sugar. Rub or cut in 60g (1/4 cup) of the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add enough water to create soft dough. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface. Line a loose-bottomed tart pan with the rolled out dough. Use a fork and pierce the bottom of dough all over. Bake the dough for 10 minutes.
  
  

• Peel, core and slice the Granny Smith apples. Place the apple slices in a saucepan with 30ml (2 tbsp) of water and the remaining butter. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes, until the apples are soft. Add the lemon peel along with 45ml (3 tbsp) of jam and cook for another 15 minutes, or until thickened.
  
  

• Spoon the apple puree into the pastry shell and set aside to cool.
  
  

• Peel, core and cut the Golden Delicious apples into thin slices. Arrange the apple slices in an overlapping circle around outside edge of the tart. Next, make another smaller overlapping circle in the center. Brush the top with lemon juice. Bake for about 40 minutes or until golden brown on top. Heat the remaining jam and brush over the tart to glaze.
  
  

• Serve warm with ice cream, sprinkled with cinnamon.