Tarte aux Pommes

Tarte aux Pommes

Crust Ingredients

200g flour (1 1/3cup)

100g cold butter (one stick of butter minus one Tbls.)

1 pinch of salt

7-9 Tbls of water

Filling Ingredients

4 apples peeled and cut thinly

1 Tbls butter cubed

2 limes (the juice from two limes)

2 Tbls sugar

2 Tbls slivered almonds

 Preparation for the crust

Add the flour, salt and cubed butter in a medium bowl.

Rub the cold butter together pinching pieces of cubed butter and mixing it all together by hand. Work the butter until most pieces are the size of a pea. Add the water and begin to bring the dough together to form a flexible ball without it being too soft, stop mixing as soon as the dough is balled and no longer sticks.

Roll out the dough and place in a buttered dish, cut the dough around the edges of the pan or by rolling the dough around the edges. 

Prick the bottom of the crust with a fork, then place in the fridge.

Preparation for the filling

While pie crust is in the fridge, peel and cut the apples into thin slivers. Place the sliced apples in a bowl, add the juice of 1.5 limes and add the slivered almonds then toss all together. Take pie crust out of the fridge and place the apples on top, sprinkle 2 Tbls of sugar on top and cut a few pieces of butter to place on top of the apples.

Fan out and layer your thinly sliced apples

Sprinkle the slivered almonds and cubed butter

 Bake in the oven at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes. After 15 minutes I check it and juice the last half of the lime over the entire pie.

 Alternatively- if you’re not a fan of lime or almonds leave them out and just place the thinly sliced apples into the pie crust and sprinkle the sugar on top.

Another alternative I like, is sometimes instead of slivered almonds I put 1 Tbl. of chopped rosemary with the lime juice. I personally like the lemon-pine and woodsy peppery flavor from the rosemary mixed with the sugary sweetness of the apples.

Et voila your rustic French Tarte aux Pommes!

This is such a fun, quick and easy recipe that I love baking and that our entire family really enjoys!