Apple and Marzipan Tart
Serves: 8
This French tart is perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Ingredients:
3 dessert apples75g butter, plus extra for greasing
flour, for dusting
230g pre-made puff pastry
1 tbsp icing sugar
100g white marzipan, sliced thinly
75g caster sugar
100ml double cream
vanilla ice cream, to serve
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Stellar James Martin Bakers Dozen 38cm Baking Sheet
method:
- Core and thinly slice the apples. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/ Gas 6. Lightly grease the Stellar 38cm baking sheet. Next, lightly flour the work surface and roll out the puff pastry to make a large rectangle. Place the pastry on the baking sheet and prick all over with a fork. Dust with icing sugar.
- Spread the marzipan over the base. Cover with apple slices and bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown and crisp.
- In a medium sized pan, melt the caster sugar, cream and butter together and simmer for about three minutes, until golden. Serve the tart with the sauce and vanilla ice cream.
