apple and orange tart

How to make apple and orange tart recipe

Serves 4

Total cooking time 30 minutes

Ingredients:
300 g (10 oz) ready-rolled puff pastry
5 apples, such as Coxes, cored and thinly sliced
6 tablespoons caster sugar
finely grated rind of 1 orange

Method:
Place the pastry on a baking sheet and use a sharp knife to lightly score a 1 cm (½ inch) border round the edges, taking care not to cut right through the pastry. Prick all over the centre of the pastry with a fork.

Toss the apples with 5 tablespoons of the sugar and the orange rind, then arrange on top of the pastry. Sprinkle over the remaining sugar. Place in a preheated oven, 220°C (425°F),

Gas Mark 7, for 20 minutes until the apples are tender and the pastry is crisp.

For apple & orange brioche tarts, cut out a round from each of 4 slices of brioche, using a cup as a guide. Butter both sides and arrange on a baking sheet.

Mix 25 g (1 oz) ground almonds and 4 tablespoons caster sugar with 3 tablespoons mascarpone cheese and the finely grated rind of ½ orange, then spoon on to the brioche.

Arrange 2 cored and thinly sliced apples on top, then sprinkle over 2 tablespoons caster sugar. Place in a preheated oven, 200°C (400°F), Gas Mark 6, for 15–20 minutes until golden. Total cooking time 20 minutes.

apple and orange tart