How To Make An INCREDIBLE Simple Apple Tart

puff pastry

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pastry dough

💰Cheaper: homemade pie crust

Whole wheat pastry dough adds fiber, while homemade crust can reduce costs.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and healthier, while margarine is often less expensive.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness, while brown sugar is often cheaper.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: vanilla bean

💰Cheaper: vanilla essence

Vanilla bean offers pure flavor, while essence is more affordable.

Prepare short crust pastry and place it on parchment paper on a baking tray.

Make almond cream by blitzing together 250g softened butter and 250g caster sugar until pale.

Add 4 eggs and 250g ground almonds to the butter and sugar mixture, mixing until creamy.

Peel and core royal gala apples using a peeler.

Slice the apples using a setting on the peeler for desired thickness.

Cut the apple slices in half and arrange them in a crown shape on the pastry.

Generously brush melted butter over the arranged apple slices.

Sprinkle demerara sugar evenly over the apples.

Bake in the oven at 170°C until golden and the pastry is cooked through.

Let the tart cool down after baking.

Glaze the tart with apricot glaze for shine.

Sprinkle roasted flaked almonds around the tart and dust with icing sugar.

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