Apple Tart with Bananas and Cranberries

Name: Apple Tart with Bananas and Cranberries
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters apricot preserves, melted and strained; 1 banana, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 15 servings Cream Cheese Pastry, made without the spices; 59 milliliters dark brown sugar; 79 milliliters dried cranberries; 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten; 2 kilograms medium Granny Smith apples (about —peeled, halved and cored; 2 Tbsps granulated sugar; 118 milliliters aged rum; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter; 1 vanilla bean, split; 15 servings Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, for serving

If $1.34 per serving falls in your budget, Apple Tart with Bananas and Cranberries might be an outstanding gluten free recipe to try. This recipe makes 15 servings with 281 calories, 3g of protein, and 11g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up cranberries, vanilla bean, vanillan ice cream, and a few other things to make it today. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 37

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Oven

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the Cream Cheese Pastry to a round about 1/8 inch thick. Fit the pastry into a 12-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Use a rolling pin to trim off any overhang. Prick the bottom of the pastry several times with a fork.

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Cream Cheese

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Tart Form

Line the shell with foil and fill with pie weights or dried beans.

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Dried Beans

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Aluminum Foil

Bake for 25 minutes, or until lightly colored around the edge.

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Oven

Remove the foil and weights.

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Aluminum Foil

Bake the shell for about 7 minutes longer, or until it is dry and golden.

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Let cool slightly, then brush with the egg yolk.

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Egg Yolk

Meanwhile, cut 4 of the apples into 3/4-inch dice. Melt the butter in a large, deep skillet. Stir in the vanilla bean and brown sugar.

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Vanilla Bean

Brown Sugar

Apple

Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the diced apples and cook over high heat, stirring frequently, until the sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Carefully add the rum and continue to cook until the apples are just tender and the rum is almost evaporated, about 6 minutes. Stir in the banana and dried cranberries; remove the vanilla bean.

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Dried Cranberries

Vanilla Bean

Apple

Banana

Sugar

Rum

Pour the filling into the cooled tart shell and spread in an even layer. Set the 8 remaining apple halves, rounded side up, on a work surface and thinly slice them, keeping the halves intact. Starting at the edge of the tart, arrange the apples over the filling in overlapping concentric circles.

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Apple

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