Fig and Almond Tart

Name: Fig and Almond Tart
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 99 grams almond paste, at room temperature, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 59 milliliters apricot jam; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 12 smalls large or fresh figs, sliced, stems removed or 20 dried figs, reconstituted *see Cooks Note; 2 Tbsps honey; 3 Tbsps ice water; 1 lemon, zested; 79 milliliters mascarpone cheese, at room temperature; 0 teaspoons fine sea salt; 2 Tbsps sugar, plus 1 tablespoon; 10 Tbsps (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Fig and Almond Tart

This vegetarian recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 5g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 396 calories. If you have honey, apricot jam, lemon zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours.

Instructions

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Combine the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, lemon zest, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until blended.

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Lemon Zest

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. With the machine running, gradually add the water until moist clumps form. Turn the mixture out onto a work surface and form into a ball. Flatten the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill the dough for 1 hour.

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Butter

Dough

Water

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

In a clean food processor bowl, combine remaining sugar, almond paste, mascarpone cheese, vanilla extract, and honey. Blend until smooth.

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Mascarpone

Vanilla Extract

Almond Paste

Honey

Sugar

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Food Processor

Bowl

Position an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

On a large sheet of parchment paper, roll out the dough into an 11-inch circle.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Paper

Transfer the dough to a large, heavy baking sheet.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Spread the almond filling over the dough, leaving a 2-inch border. Arrange the figs on top of the almond filling. Spoon the jam over the figs. Fold the dough border over the filling to form an 8-inch round, pleating the crust loosely and pinching to seal any cracks in the dough.

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Almonds