Apple tart 'Maman Blanc'

Prepared

Baked

A repeat of episode three: Apples from the first series of Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Secrets was on BBC1 HD this morning.

I made an attempt at the apple tart ‘Maman Blanc’ recipe. A little less sugar and a cheat on the custard which made it rather golden (as seen from the horrific picture above), but it was still sweet and tasty.

Ingredients

For the pastry:

250g/9oz plain flour
pinch sea salt
125g/4oz unsalted butter, diced, at room temperature
1 tsp cold water
1 medium free-range egg

For the filling:

15g/½oz unsalted butter
½ tbsp lemon juice
65g/2½oz caster sugar
½ tbsp Calvados
3-4 Cox’s Orange Pippin, Worcester, Russet or Braeburn apples, peeled, cores removed, each cut into 10 segments
100ml/3½fl oz double cream
1 medium free-range egg
1-2 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting

See recipe on BBC Food or BBC Good Food…

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