For the apricot filling
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- 1 1/2 pounds fresh apricots or 6-7 pears
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
For the crust
- 2 cup all-purpose flour (250g)
- 1 TeaSp. Baking soda
- 100g butter spread
- 1/3 cup sugar (40g) – 4 TS
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoon water
- Zest of one lemon
Preparation
Mix 3 TBSP sugar with 1 TBSP Vanilla
Quarter the apricots into a cooking pot. Set them to macerate in the sugar and vanilla while preparing the crust.
In TM6
280g spelt flour
1 Tea Baking soda
100g butter spread
mix 30 seconds, speed 4
add the zest of one organic lemon
2 TBSP sugar
mix 30 seconds, speed 8
scrape down
add 1 egg
1 TBSP water
mix 30 seconds, speed 5
then 2 minutes dough function
Cook the apricots, with the juices, covered, over low heat for 5 minutes.
Preheat oven to 450° F (230° C).
blue Springform (26cm) with baking paper (wrapped around the bottom) and also oil
Press the dough onto the bottom of the form and a bit onto the sides
(not too thick! – particularly in the corner)
Remove the apricots from the liquid. Keep the liquid in the pan.
Arrange the apricots in a circle on the pastry.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Lower the heat to 375° F (190° C) and bake 20 minutes longer, until the crust is baked.
After the tart is ready
mix the liquid from the cooked apricots or the juice from the canned fruit with 300ml water and heat up
in small bowl mix 1 1/2 TBSP potato starch (or corn starch)
2 TBSP sugar and a little water
add to juice and boil for 1 minute
pour the syrup over
Serve cold.