Glazed Apple Tart

Photo: flickr user Benimoto

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour

pn Salt

1/2 cup Butter

3 tablespoons Sugar

1 Egg yolk

2 teaspoons Cold water

4 Granny Smith apples

1/2 Finely grated lemon peel

1/2 teaspoon Cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon Ground cinnamon

2 pch Ground nutmeg

5 tablespoons Apricot jam

2 tablespoons Lemon juice

Whipped cream

Fresh mint sprigs (opt)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375'F. (190'C.). Butter an 8"-round baking pan. To make pastry, sift flour and salt into a bowl. Add butter and cut in finely until mixture resembles bread crumbs. Stir in 1 tablespoon of sugar, egg yolk and cold water.

Knead gently until smooth and chill 15 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Peel, core and cut apples in fairly thin slices. Arrange a layer of apple slices in overlapping circles in bottom of pan.

Mix remaining apple slices with lemon peel, cornstarch and spices. Spoon on top of arranged apple slices. Roll out pastry to an 8" circle. Place on top of apples and press gently. Prick several times with a fork. Bake in preheated oven 40 minutes or until pastry is golden brown. Carefully turn out tart onto a warm serving plate. Combine jam and lemon