Tarta De Manzana Recipes

TARTA DE MANZANA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220C. Roll pastry to 3mm thick and cut out a 20cm-diameter circle. Place on a baking paper-lined oven tray, top with baking paper, then another tray. Bake until golden and crisp (20-25 minutes). Set aside.
• Meanwhile, grease and line a 19cm-diameter springform pan. Slice apple halves, in batches, with a mandolin to 2mm thick and, starting from the outside of the pan, stand apple slices in half moons (flat edge down), tightly overlapping and working your way in towards the centre to create a spiral. Sprinkle 60gm sugar over apple and dot with butter, then bake until apple softens (5-10 minutes). Invert onto a baking paper-lined oven tray, remove sides of springform pan and place a tray on top. Weight with an ovenproof saucepan and press lightly to flatten. Bake for 20 minutes or until pressed, then remove saucepan, top tray, pan base and baking paper and place pastry round on top. Cover again with baking paper and a tray, invert and set aside. Preheat grill to high.
• For vanilla cream, combine all ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate until required.
• Dust tart with remaining sugar and grill, or blowtorch, until caramelised (2-3 minutes). Serve immediately with vanilla cream.

TARTA DE MANZANA (APPLE TART)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Peel, core and slice apples.
• Roll out puff pastry on a floured surface and place in a 9-inch pie pan. Trim any pastry that hangs over the edges.
• Arrange apple slices in pastry shell; pour lemon juice over apples.
• Place tart in its pan on a cookie sheet and place on middle oven rack.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, covering pastry edges with foil if browning too quickly.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cool for 10 minutes.
• Spread apricot jam over tart to glaze (have jam at room temperature or warm it slightly - this will make it easier to spread).

SPANISH STYLE APPLE CAKE: "TARTA DE MANZANA"

Steps:

• Peel and cut the apples in small pieces (if you use an immerse blender). If you have a powerful food processor you don't need to cut them that small.
• Add a bit of the milk and blend the apples until they almost become a compote
• Add the rest of the milk and sugar and keep blending
• Once it is all nicely pureed, add the flour, salt and cinnamon and mix using a whisk.
• Brush the cake pan with the butter or margarine and dust with flour to prevent sticking.
• Pour the batter into the pan and decorate with thin apple slices
• Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 180ºC (356ºF) heat source up and down, for 50 minutes (it could take longer depending on the oven and the thickness of your cake).
• Once out of the oven, it is time to "paint it". Mix the fruit jam with water to make it more runny and brush the cake to make it shiny.
• Let the cake cool down to room temperature and then store it in the fridge for at least 1 hour
• Take the cake out, slice and enjoy!