Apricot tarte tatin with crème fraîche and lavender sugar

AUTHOR
Pat Ware
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 5
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Sugar
  • 1 Branch of dried lavender
  • 175 g Flour
  • 160 g Icing sugar
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 185 g Butter
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 10 [...]
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Fresh cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour

Directions

  1. 1

    Remove the flowers from the branch, mix with sugar and leave to stand. Knead the flour, 30 g icing sugar, salt, 85 g soft butter and egg first with the dough hook of the hand mixer, then with cool hands to a smooth shortcrust pastry. Cover and chill for about 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    In the meantime wash, halve and stone the apricots. Caramelise 130 g icing sugar, 5 tablespoons water and 100 g butter in a pan. Put the caramel into a greased tart tin (24 cm Ø) and spread evenly. Place the apricots with the cut surface in the hot caramel

  3. 3

    Roll out the dough on a floured work surface until round (approx. 24 cm Ø). Roll the dough onto the cake roll and roll over the apricots. Carefully press the protruding edges of the dough downwards into the tin. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for 25-30 minutes. Leave the tart to rest in the mould for approx. 10 minutes, then carefully turn out onto a cake plate

  4. 4

    Stir the crème fraîche until smooth and spread over the tart. Sprinkle the tarte with lavender sugar

  5. 5

    Waiting time approx. 15 minutes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
270 kcal
CARBS
31 g
FATS
15 g
PROTEINS
3 g

Categories & Tags

Miscellaneousvery easy