Guest Collaboration - Sweet Pastry Tart
Zoe has designed this beautiful and delicate mini sweet pastry tart. With spring in full swing, it is the perfect fresh addition to your dessert menu!
Makes 10 small tarts or 1 large tart
Ingredients
200g Anything But Ordinary Plain Flour
60g Brown Sugar
50g Butter of Choice (works with dairy free butter too!)
40g Neutral Oil (peanut oil was used in this example but any oil, other than olive oil will work)
1 Egg
2g Salt Flakes
Fancy Apple Crumble Tart Fill
900g Inch Diced Apples (I used a mix of Pink Lady & Granny Smith)
100g Butter of Choice
100g Brown Sugar
2 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
¼ tsp Nutmeg
Method
Place all ingredients into your mixing bowl and mix until it resembles crumble.
Then add your egg and mix until just combined.
With your hands work into a ball and cover in beeswax wraps or clingfilm until cool in the fridge. (20-30 mins)
You will need to rework the dough a little, this is normal for a dough without gums.
The next part is up to you. You can either roll the dough out a little between baking paper and then push into your small tart shells. The dough may break a little here which is normal, however will easily push back together. Or you can opt to spread it around your tart shells with your hands.
If you are making a large tart, make sure to prick the base with a fork to allow air to escape as your tart shell is breaking.
Once your tarts are lined into the fridge for approx 20 mins, in this time preheat your oven to 180 degrees.
Bake for 10-12 mins depending on your oven. They should be a light golden colour and if necessary turn your tray around after 8 mins.
Fancy Apple Crumble Tart Fill
In a stove top pan place all ingredients on med-low heat. You want to cook until the butter and sugar caramelise and naturally thicken with the natural pectin in the apples. You should end up with some pieces of apple being incredibly soft and others that are cooked through, but holds it shape.