Recipe

Tuscan Apple Tart with Gelato and Tradtional Balsamico

Tuscan Apple Tart with Gelato and Tradtional Balsamico

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by divinacucina

Tuscan Apple Tart with Gelato and Tradtional Balsamico

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by divinacucina

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Italian Dessert
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    divinacucina's Notes: This recipe is one of my all-time favorites when I teach. It came from the Trattoria Montagliari in Greve in Chianti. The original owner, Giovanni Cappelli has passed away, but his recipes...

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Serves 6-8

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter and lightly flour two round pizza pans or a 9x13 lasagne pan.

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  2. Beat the eggs and sugar together and add the flour, baking powder, milk, butter and vanilla. Mix well.

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  3. Add the apple slices and pour into the prepared pan.

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  4. Place the pan on the bottom of the oven for 10 minutes, then place in the center of the oven to cook until golden, about 1 hour.

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  5. Torta di Mele is a very thin, rich cake that will bake down to about one-half inch. It will cut easier if you let it cool before serving. But you can reheat it in the oven before serving.

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Divanaples Reply

havefaith- nope not a typo!!! this an amazing carmelized apple cake with barely any flour!
when I first had it at the trattoria, it was baked in a wood-burning oven and really caramelized!
and yes only 1/2 cup flour- sometime even less!!!
ChezSuzanna- there is so little batter- it all bakes together and this tart is mostly all apples!

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Is it supposed to be 1 AND 1/2 cups of sugar to only 1/2 a cup of sugar or is that a typo?

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woops that was supposed to say 1/2 cup of flour

Chocolate_peppermint_truffle_cookies_032 Reply

I make a lot of tarts and have made tons of apple tarts (well, maybe not a TON), but have never seen a tart made quite like this. It looks like a very quick and easy way to do a great tart. I can't wait to try it! Do the apples sink to the bottom of the batter with the batter baking on top?

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