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Apple, brick, and hazelnut tart

Apple croustade with brick pastry and hazelnuts

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A flaky pastry filled with marinated apples in brandy, encased in crispy puff pastry, and topped with a hazelnut cream: a cake to be served warm.

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Recipe from Tavernier, Zivax, JackPotte and 8 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The apple tart consists of very thin layers of puff pastry, marinated apples, and a topping of crumbled and caramelized puff pastry. It is best served warm.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total2 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$4.37 $0.73 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

6 people
  • $1.74
  • $0.24
  • $0.37
  • $0.88
  • $0.79
  • $0.35

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

  1. Peel the apples, cut them into thin slices, and let them soak for 1 hour in water, brandy, and 25g of brown sugar.
  2. Drain the apples and reserve the maceration juice.
  3. Grease a round cake tin, brush 4 sheets of puff pastry with melted butter, and arrange them in the tin, leaving a 1 cm overhang on the edges. ≈ 3 min
  4. Sprinkle with ground hazelnuts. ≈ 2 min
  5. Arrange the apple slices at the bottom of the dish. ≈ 3 min
  6. Combine the macerated juice with the crème fraîche and egg yolk, then pour over the apples.
  7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 10 minutes.
  8. Cut the two innermost layers of filo pastry into 2 cm wide strips and flatten them. ≈ 8 min
  9. Melt the remaining 25g of brown sugar in a small saucepan with the butter.
  10. Spread the brick pieces evenly over the pastry base, then pour the sweetened butter over the top. ≈ 3 min
  11. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
  12. Serve warm, and optionally with a scoop of ice cream. ≈ 10 min

The bill

Apple croustade with brick pastry and hazelnuts

  • 5 beautiful apples$1.74
  • 50 g of brown sugar$0.24
  • 40 g of unsalted butter$0.37
  • 50 g of hazelnut powder$0.88
  • 200 ml of crème fraîche$0.79
  • 1 egg yolk$0.35

Total$4.37

that's $0.73 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 5 beautiful apples
  • 50 g of brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons of brandy (or cognac)
  • 100 ml of water
  • 6 sheets of puff pastry
  • 40 g of unsalted butter
  • 50 g of hazelnut powder
  • 200 ml of crème fraîche
  • 1 egg yolk

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