Apple and cinnamon compote tart

Ingredients:

  • 500 g of flour (choose the type you prefer, even wholemeal is fine)
  • 200 g of icing sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 250 g of butter (if you prefer not to use butter, use 200 g of oil + 45 g of milk)
  • grated zest of 1 untreated lemon
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 jar of apple and cinnamon compote Lina Sapori e Delizie

Preparation:

shortcrust pastry

  1. in a mixer put the sifted flour, a pinch of salt and the butter just taken out of the fridge, therefore still cold, roughly chopped
  2. blend everything until you get a mixture with a sandy and floury appearance
  3. Pour the resulting sanding onto a work surface (or into a bowl) and add the sifted icing sugar
  4. create a fountain shape and pour the grated lemon zest and egg yolks into the centre (you can also flavour with orange zest, the seeds of a vanilla pod or cinnamon)
  5. start mixing everything first with a fork then, when the eggs have absorbed the flour, you can continue by hand
  6. knead briefly, just long enough to compact the dough so that the pastry doesn't get too hot from the heat of your hands and remains crumbly
  7. form a loaf and flatten it before wrapping it in cling film
  8. put it in the fridge to let it harden for at least 30 minutes (if you leave it longer it's even better)

tart

  1. take a tart pan with a diameter of 25 cm, brush the bottom with butter and then flour it
  2. take the shortcrust pastry and place it on a cold, floured surface
  3. Use a rolling pin to beat the dough to soften it without heating it
  4. Roll out a portion of the pastry into a disk about half a cm thick
  5. Using the rolling pin, lift the rolled out shortcrust pastry, roll it up on the rolling pin and place it on the cake tin
  6. Remove any excess dough by carefully trimming the edges with a rolling pin
  7. Prick the bottom with the prongs of a fork
  8. Pour the apple and cinnamon compote and level it with a spoon
  9. take some more dough and roll it out into a disk 3mm thick
  10. cut strips with a serrated cutter or use cookie cutters (I love heart or star shaped ones!)
  11. Place the strips on the surface of the mold, crossing them to create diamonds, or distribute the pasta shapes as you like.
  12. Brush the pastry with egg and then bake in a preheated oven at 180° for about 45 minutes.
  13. When the tart is golden, take it out of the oven and let it cool in the pan
  14. Once it has cooled, remove it from the mold and transfer it to a serving plate, your apple and cinnamon compote tart is ready to be enjoyed!

Advice:

  • for an even more flavourful tart, you can add a pinch of nutmeg to the mixture
  • To decorate the cake, you can sprinkle it with icing sugar or a handful of cinnamon powder.

Using the apple and cinnamon compote of Lina and Sapori e Delizie , you will be able to prepare this simple and quick recipe that will conquer all your guests.

A traditional dessert perfect for breakfast, a snack or as a dessert to pleasantly conclude a lunch or dinner.

Enjoy your meal!