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SPICED APPLE TART Pastry: 6 oz. flour 3 oz. butter 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. castor sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon pinch of salt yolk of egg water to bind Filling: 1 1/2 lb. apples or 1 lb. apples and 1/2 lb. prunes (blackberries, apples or dates may be used) 1/2 oz. butter a little water 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 oz. sugar 1 (6-inch) sandwich tin Cut the apples in slices. Stew the prunes. Remove stones and chop roughly. Mix the apples, prunes, cinnamon and sugar. Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder. Rub in the butter. Add the cinnamon and sugar. Mix with yolk of egg and water. Knead the pastry and cut off 1/3 for the lid. Roll out the larger piece of pastry, turn it and with it line a greased sandwich tin or cake tin or a Pyrex dish. Put the fruit mixture into the pastry case. Roll out the remaining third of pastry and cover the tart pressing the edges well together. Make a small hole in the lid to allow the steam to escape. Place in a hot oven (205 degreesC) for 5 to 10 minutes. Then reduce the heat and allow the tart to cook more slowly until the pastry is quite crisp from 35 to 45 minutes. Serve hot or cold. Sprinkle the top with castor sugar mixed with cinnamon. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |