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Apricot Apple Tarte Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 pkg (11 oz) piecrust mix
1/3 cp granulated sugar
2 tbsps flour
1 cp milk
3 egg yolks
butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsps sugar
dash nutmeg
2 lb tart cooking apples, cored, pared and sliced
3/4 cp apricot preserves
1 egg yolk
Directions:
Directions:
1) Make piecrust by directions of pkg. Roll out 2/3s of pastry. Line 9 inch pie plate. Refrigerate, with rest of pastry.
2) Make filling: In small saucepan, combine 1/3 cp sugar and flour; mix well. Stir in milk. Bring to boiling, stirring; reduce heat and simmer, stirring, 1 min until slightly thickened.
3) In small bowl, beat 3 egg yolks slightly. Beat in a little of hot mixture; pour back into saucepan, beating. Stir in 1 tbsp butter and vanilla. Turn into bowl, to cool.
4) In med skillet, heat 2 tbsps butter with sugar and nutmeg. Add apple slices; saute', stirring occasionally-- about 5 mins. Remove from heat.
5) Heat apricot preserves until melted.
6) Preheat oven to 425f. Spread filling in pie shell. Top with apple slices, mounding in center. Spread with preserves.
7) Roll out rest of pastry to form 10 inch circle. With knife or pastry wheel, cut into 12 (1/2 inch wide) strips.
8) Slightly moisten rim of pie shell with cold water. Arrange 6 strips across filling; press ends to rim of pie shell, trimming off ends if necessary. Arrange rest of strips at right angle to first strips, to form lattice. Bring overhang of pastry up over ends of strips; crimp edge.
9) Mix yolk with 1 tbsp water; brush lattice strips.
10) On lowest shelf of oven, bake 35 to 40 mins, until pastry is golden. Cool. Serve slightly warm.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
*Great the next day with ice cream or whipped cream.

 

 

 

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