Name: Apple Frangipan Tart
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g/6oz digestive biscuits; 75g/3oz butter; 200g/7oz Bramley apples; 75g/3oz Salted Butter; 75g/3oz caster sugar; 2 free-range eggs, beaten; 75g/3oz ground almonds; 1 tsp almond extract; 50g/1¾oz flaked almonds

Dessert

8 servings

397 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Step 2

Bash the digestive biscuits in a re-sealable bag into fine crumbs

Digestive biscuits

Step 3

Melt the butter in a small pan

Butter

Step 4

Stir the biscuit crumbs into the melted butter, press the mixture over the base and sides of a tart tin, and chill

Digestive biscuitsButter

Step 5

Cream together the Salted Butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy

Salted ButterCaster sugar

Step 6

Mix in the beaten eggs, then add the ground almonds and almond extract and blend until smooth

Free-range eggs, beatenGround almondsAlmond extract

Step 7

Peel and thinly slice the Bramley apples

Bramley apples

Step 8

Arrange the apple slices over the chilled biscuit base

Bramley apples

Step 9

Spread the frangipane filling evenly over the apples

Step 10

Sprinkle with flaked almonds

Flaked almonds

Step 11

Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden-brown and set

Step 12

Cool for 15 minutes then remove the sides of the tin

Step 13

Transfer the tart, on the tin base, to a serving plate

Step 14

Serve warm with cream, crème fraîche or ice cream if desired