Apple Tarts II Recipes

One of my favorite desserts is just a plain simple apple tarts. Make into individual serving with a few ingredients and simple flavor. It’s great for elegant dinner party or just casual teatime party. I normally like to cook down the apple first and then finish baking it in the oven. This apple tarts freeze well too. Just warm it up in the oven for 20 minutes and you will have a nice warm dessert to finish off your dinner.

Ingredients for pastry :

1 1/2 cup of flour
1/2 tsp of salt
2 tbsp of sugar
1 stick (8 tbsp) of cold butter - cut into cubes
1 egg yolk
2 - 3 tbsp of very cold water

1. In a large bowl mixed together flour, sugar and salt. Using your hand or pastry cutter rub the cold butter into the flour until it resembles coarse cornmeal or breadcrumbs.
2. Add in egg yolk and cold water and mix until dough comes together. Form it into a disk and chilled the dough for an hour before using it.

For the apple fillings:

4 granny smith apples – peeled, cored and slice thinly
4 tbsp of light brown sugar (more if you like it sweeter)
1 tbsp of butter
1 tsp of cinnamon

1 egg – beaten

1. In a pan, warm up butter and add in the apple and sugar. Cook until the apple soften and juice reduced. Turn off heat and add in cinnamon. Let it cool.
2. Greased tart moulds with some butter. Roll out the pastry to about 1/8" thick and line the pastry into the tart pan.
3. Put the filling into the tart pan and cover the top with the balance of the pastry.
4. Brush the top with beaten egg and bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 45 minutes or until golden brown.


I have another apple tart recipe here