Apple and Rosemary Tart
"It's hard to believe how delicious this very simple tart is -- don't be tempted to spice it up. I have made it many times and it is never fail. From Susan Hermann Loomis."
photo by French Tart
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
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For the Pastry
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
- 5 -6 tablespoons ice water
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For the Filling
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
- 6 tart apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
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For the Egg Wash
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon water
directions
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For the Pastry:
- Place the flour and salt in a good sized bowl.
- Add the butter bit by bit and blend till the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add the water bit by bit until the dough forms a ball.
- Wrap in cling-film and let the dough sit at room temperature for one hour.
- Note: The dough can be frozen and then, when you want it, thaw in the refrigerator.
- Note 2: The dough can be made in a food processor or a stand mixer, but do not over-mix.
- Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Lightly flour your work surface and roll the dough out into a 14" circle.
- Roll the pastry around your rolling pin and un-roll in a 9 1/2", removable-bottom tart tin, with the edges of the pastry overlapping evenly all around.
- Gently fit the pastry against the sides of the tin.
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Make the Filling:
- Mince the rosemary.
- Place half the apples in the tart tin.
- Sprinkle with half the sugar and all the rosemary.
- Top with the remaining apples and the remaining sugar.
- Bring the edges of the crust up and over the apples--it will partially cover the top of the tart.
- Whisk together the egg and the water and brush the exposed pastry with the wash (you won't need much--use the rest for a tiny omelette.
- Place the tart tin on a cookie sheet and bake in the lower third of the oven until the pastry is golden and the apples are softened and juicy, about 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and place the tart tin on an over-turned bowl to remove the sides.
- Let the tart cool to lukewarm or room temperature before serving.
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Reviews
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I made a tiny tart for myself and my mother today. I used margarine to try to make it a bit more healthy and used splenda also. To make the dough easier to roll out I put it in the fridge for about and hour or so. I really dont know how I feel about the additon of rosemary. My mother really did not like it, but she a pureist when it comes to her desserts, or any food for that matter. But this is def. a nice recipe if you are up for a change from you usual apple pie! -
This was a great pie - the rosemary was very subtle, and just in the background of taste, as herbs should be!! (I did use only 2 teaspoons of rosemary instead of 1 tablespoon - my hubby is not too keen when it is too strong!) Don't be scared to try it - we served it with the cheese course, well why not......"Apple pie without some Cheese is like a Kiss without a Squeeze" is an old Yokshire saying we have!! I will make it again, but I will try adding the rosemary to the pastry; I make herb pastry all the time & it's nice when the herbs just crisp up a it & brown a tinge on the pastry edges. Lovely recipe, thanks Chef Kate! Gone into my cookbook.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Kate
Annapolis, 60
<p>I have always loved to cook. When I was little, I cooked with my Grandmother who had endless patience and extraordinary skill as a baker. And I cooked with my Mother, who had a set repertoire, but taught me many basics. Then I spent a summer with a French cousin who opened up a whole new world of cooking. And I grew up in New York City, which meant that I was surrounded by all varieties of wonderful food, from great bagels and white fish to all the wonders of Chinatown and Little Italy, from German to Spanish to Mexican to Puerto Rican to Cuban, not to mention Cuban-Chinese. And my parents loved good food, so I grew up eating things like roasted peppers, anchovies, cheeses, charcuterie, as well as burgers and the like. In my own cooking I try to use organics as much as possible; I never use canned soup or cake mix and, other than a cheese steak if I'm in Philly or pizza by the slice in New York, I don't eat fast food. So, while I think I eat and cook just about everything, I do have friends who think I'm picky--just because the only thing I've ever had from McDonald's is a diet Coke (and maybe a frie or two). I have collected literally hundreds of recipes, clipped from the Times or magazines, copied down from friends, cajoled out of restaurant chefs. Little by little, I am pulling out the ones I've made and loved and posting them here. Maybe someday, every drawer in my apartment won't crammed with recipes. (Of course, I'll always have those shelves crammed with cookbooks.) I'm still amazed and delighted by the friendliness and the incredible knowledge of the people here. 'Zaar has been a wonderful discovery for me.</p>
