Free-Form Apple Tart with Brown Sugar
By Joe
Source: NYT Cooking.
A thin, crisp pastry round covered with apple slices, brown sugar and butter, baked until caramelised at the edges.
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Method
- 1
Pastry. pulse the flour, salt and sugar once or twice. Cut 115 g of the butter into chunks and process it with the yolk for about 10 seconds, until blended.
- 2
Water. tip into the bowl and stir in cold water 1 tbsp at a time; after 3-4 tbsp it should gather into a ball. Wrap and chill 1 h, or freeze 15 min.
- 3
Shape. heat the oven to 200 °C (180 °C fan). Roll or pat the dough into a rough 25 cm round on the paper-lined tray. A rough edge is fine; this tart is meant to look homemade.
- 4
Top. lay the apple slices over the pastry right to the edges in overlapping rows. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and dot with the last 15 g butter, cut into bits. Very thin slices cook quickly and lie flat.
- 5
Bake. 20-30 min, until the crust is well browned and the apples are tender. Serve warm or at room temperature with crème fraîche.
Storage
Best eaten the day it is made. Keep leftovers covered at room temperature overnight.
EU nutrition claims
- Low salt: 0.17 g salt per 100 g (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 71 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
8 g per serving
16 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 32 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- food processor
- mixing bowl
- spoon
- cling film
- rolling pin
- baking tray or pizza tray
- baking paper
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 300 kcal |
| Protein | 3.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 33.8 g |
| of which sugars | 15.9 g |
| of which free sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 17.7 g |
| of which saturates | 10.5 g |
| Fibre | 2.2 g |
| Salt | 0.12 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.1 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
