Description
With summer apricots beckoning with their soft orange hues, what better way to celebrate their juicy ripeness than with a beautiful apricot tart.
Ingredients
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Pastry
- 8 Tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/4 cups plus 1 Tablespoon flour
- 2 Tablespoons almond flour plus more for sprinkling
Tart Filling:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 2 Tablespoons almond flour
- 6–8 apricots sliced thinly
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350F. Butter a 9″ round tart pan or a rectangular tart pan of your choice.
- To make the pastry crust:
- Combine the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir until combined.
- Using a paper towel, coat tart pan with butter so that it will be easy to remove after baking.
- Press pastry crust carefully into the sides of the pan (Snippets Notes: placing plastic wrap over the crust as you are forming it to the pan can be helpful).
- Bake the crust for 12 – 15 minutes watching carefully.
For the Tart filling:
- Whisk together cream, egg, almond extract, vanilla extract, and honey.
- Add in the almond flour and stir to combine.
- Arrange your sliced apricots in any pattern you desire.
- Carefully pour the filling all around the fruit but do not cover the fruit.
- Place the tart pan on a baking sheet and carefully slide into the oven.
- Set timer for 30 – 50 minutes but check often to be sure the tart doesn’t overcook.
- Remove tart from oven and let cool completely.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins