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Apple Tart with Walnut Crumble

Apple Tart with Walnut Crumble

This is a wonderful combination of crunchy, nutty crumble with a deep filled slice of apple tart. If you have a long tin, this cooks nice and evenly then slices neatly for presentation – which is often difficult for either a crumble or a tart! Try adding some blackberries if you have picked some. This also freezes really well.

Ingredients

Pastry Case Ingredients

  • 200g Plain Flour
  • 100g Butter (cold, cubed)
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 30g Caster Sugar
  • 3 tbsp Water (ice cold)
  • Pinch of salt

Filling Ingredients

  • 450g Bramley Apples (approx. 3 or 4 apples)
  • Rind and juice of 1 Lemon
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 30g Butter

Crumble Topping Ingredients

  • 75g Caster Sugar
  • 75g Soft Light Brown Sugar
  • 40g Plain Flour
  • 75g Walnuts (broken up)
  • 60g Butter (cold, cubed)
  • ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon

Method

Make the pastry:

1

Sieve the flour and salt and place in a food processor with the cubed butter (which must be cold).

2

Pulse in the food processor until it has a sandy texture. The butter can also be rubbed into the flour by hand, if you do not have a food processor.

3

Mix together the egg yolk, sugar and cold water and then add this into the food processor whilst mixing until it just comes together into a smooth dough. Try not to over process or handle the pastry – it will come together very quickly.

4

Turn out onto some cling film, bring together into a ball then wrap and put in the fridge for at least 1 hour to rest.

Make the filling:

5

Peel, core and roughly chop the apples. Add the lemon juice, rind and cinnamon and mix through.
Melt the butter in a large pan and add the apple mixture.

6

Cook over a moderate heat for 5-10 minutes, until the apple is just barely cooked. Don’t cook for too long so that there is still some apple texture left. Set aside to cool.

Make the topping:

7

Place the sugars, flour and broken up walnuts in a food processor with the cubed butter (which must be cold).

8

Pulse in the food processor until it is of a small pea consistency. The butter can also be rubbed into the crumble mix by hand, if you do not have a food processor.

Tip: Be careful not to over process or melt the butter too much as the topping will become a heavy mass. It’s better to store the topping in the fridge until needed.

Make the case:

9

On a floured surface, roll out the cold pastry to fit the size of your tin (best if this is a loose bottom tin) – we have used a long rectangle ‘tranche tin’ which is 14” x 4.5” but this will also work well in a 7” or 8” square or round tin

10

Lightly press into the corners / edges of the tin, but do not trim off the excess. Prick the base with a fork.

11

Bake in a moderate oven (160oC / 320oF / Gas 3) for 7-10 minutes until a light golden brown.

12

As soon as the case come out of the oven, trim off the edges with a sharp knife and brush the bottom and sides with an egg yolk in order to seal the pastry.

Assemble and bake the tart:

13

Spoon the apple filling into the case. If there is a lot of juices, do not add these so that the tart is not too ‘wet’.

14

Sprinkle the crumble topping over the apple filling – fill it up with plenty of topping as this will reduce down during baking.

15

Bake at 200 o C / 400 o F / Gas 6 for approx. 15 minutes until the topping is nicely browned.

16

Serve warm with ice-cream. This dessert freezes well.

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