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4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, frozen and cut into pieces Ask a question about this ingredient
1/4 cup Crisco, cold Ask a question about this ingredient
1 2/3 cup Unbleached Flour Ask a question about this ingredient
2 tablespoons Sugar Ask a question about this ingredient
1/4 teaspoon Salt Ask a question about this ingredient
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon Ask a question about this ingredient
1 Egg yolk Ask a question about this ingredient
4 tablespoons Water Ask a question about this ingredient
1/3 cup Apricot Jam, pureed in food processor or whisked Ask a question about this ingredient
Mix flour, salt, sugar and cinnamon in the food processor. Add butter and crisco and blend using on/off method. Mix water and egg yolk in a small bowl. Add through feed tube while food processor machine is running. Use on/off method to combine mixture.
Ask a question about this stepForm dough into a ball by hand. Wrap and chill for 30 minutes. Roll out dough between 2 sheets of wax paper and fit into a 10" false bottom tart pan. Prick dough and line with buttered aluminum foil. Fill pan with pie weights.
Ask a question about this stepBake tart crust in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove foil and pie weights and bake for another 5-10 minutes until lightly colored. Cool tart and paint crust with a thick coating of pureed apricot jam
Ask a question about this step1/2 cup Whole almonds (with skin) Ask a question about this ingredient
1/2 cup Sugar Ask a question about this ingredient
4 Egg yolks Ask a question about this ingredient
1 tablespoon Cinnamon Ask a question about this ingredient
1/4 tablespoon Salt Ask a question about this ingredient
3 Granny Smith or Pippin Apples, peeled, quartered and rubbed with lemon juice Ask a question about this ingredient
4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter Ask a question about this ingredient
1/2 Lemon (for rubbing apples) Ask a question about this ingredient
Pulverize almonds in the food processor. Add sugar and egg yolks and process until thick and pale yellow. Blend in cinnamon and salt. Remove mixture to a medium bowl.
Ask a question about this stepShred the apples using shred disc in same food processor bowl just used for almond mixture. Combine shredded apples with the almond mixture in the bowl.
Ask a question about this stepPour mixture into the tart pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Carefully stir butter into the filling to incorporate. Raise the oven temperature to 375 degree and bake tart for another 20 minutes.
Ask a question about this stepCool until warm. Reheat, if prepared in advance. Top with vanilla ice cream with a dash of cinnamon or whipped cream flavored with vanilla extract, Calvados (apple flavored) or Amaretto (almond flavored) liquer.
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