Name: Apple Tart
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 150 g White Flour; 70 g Butter; pinch Salt; 50 ml room temp. Water; 2 big Apples; 30 g Butter; 2 Tbs Brown Sugar

Helene Dsouza

Total Time: 55 minutes

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It's Time to bake some Apple Tarts!

What do you think?

Apples are falling and besides that, other fruits are ready to be harvested.

Again, I wished I was in Europe now.

Just to be able pick what I had planted and to preserve the surplus fruits.

Sometimes we even make juice of certain fruits.

My parents belong to the local gardening club there, so they usually organize a yearly apple juice pressing.

Many folks there have their own apple trees in the gardens, its a popular fruit, in fact it's THE fruit in central Europe.

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I had captured 2 different apple trees from our garden some months back.

The apples here are still very young and on their way to turning into juicy sweet treats.

The trees are grafted, that's my dads work.

He likes to try out new type of apples and pears on his trees.

Sometimes he even over does it to tell you the truth.

For example our pear tree stopped giving pears and now we have 3 different apple types growing on the tree.

Crazy right?!

(Surely my father will read that now and chuckle ^.^)

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Nursery Rhymes and Harvesting season

Thinking of the harvesting season, I remembered a children song/rhyme from the German speaking regions.

A Masala Herb reader gave the kick-off and helped me to remember this rhyme.

Thank you Eha! ^.^

You can find the original German rhyme here.

I credit the translation respectively to the same page URL.

Spannenlanger Hansel

Spannenlanger* Hansel,

Pudgy girl

Let's go into the garden

Shake the pears.

I shake the big ones

You shake the small ones

When the sack is full

Let's go back home.

Don't run so fast

Spannenlanger Hans

I drop the pears

And the shoes also.

You are carrying only the small ones

Pudgy girl

And I carry the big sack

With the big pears.

*A very tall and thin person

It's about pears, and here I am speaking of apples, but then our pear tree has turned to an apple tree.

That will justify the connection!

Let's get back to the essence of this post, the main reason why you are here, the Apple Tart!

There isn't much to say about the Tart, everyone knows and has eaten at least once in their life an apple tart.

What many people out there don' t necessarily know, is that you don't need to be a professional baker to make your own.

It won't take you more than half an hour to prepare your tart .

An additional 30 minutes for it to be baked devoured. .

We always make our own short crust, because its a child's play, easy and quick to prepare.

You can punch your daily worries and troubles into the dough, if you have any.

Otherwise just enjoy your arm training while working the dough out. =)

While they are having all the fun in Europe, I am in Goa watching my garden fruits growing over here.

Gosh those plants grow quickly in the Tropics!

I ll definitely post some pictures in the coming days in Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.

The Papayas are growing, the Passion Fruits are falling and we got a couple of new young trees today.

Exciting times to look out for!

In the mean while I got my mums flowers to charm your eyes.

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Apple Tart

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Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

Ingredients

For the short crust pastry:

▢ 150 g White Flour
▢ 70 g Butter
▢ pinch Salt
▢ 50 ml room temp. Water

Further you need:

▢ 2 big Apples
▢ 30 g Butter
▢ 2 Tbs Brown Sugar

Instructions

For the short crust pastry, mix first flour and Salt well. Then add the Butter bits and little water and work in the ingredients with your hand. Continue adding in the rest of the water and work out the dough. The result should be a smooth non sticky dough. Keep it to rest for 1 hour in a cold room or in the fridge.
Peel your apples and cut them into slices as shown.
Now roll out your dough to a circle with 3-4 mm thickness.
Preheat your oven to 180 Celcius.
Butter your form well! That will prevent the dough sticking on the form.
Place the rolled out pastry into the form and fitt it in as shown.
Place all the apple slices in a row as shown.
Add some of the remaining Butter pieces to top the tart and sprinkle the sugar and place it into the oven for about 30 minutes at 180 Celcius.
Best served still warm!

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Apple Tart

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 0

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

Diane says

March 29, 2021 at 9:47 am

Baking temperature degrees not Celsius help

- Helene Dsouza says
  
  March 29, 2021 at 7:53 pm
  
  Hi Diane, it's an old recipe that I need to rewrite. The Degrees conversion- 180 Celsius is 350 Fahrenheit.
  
Nami | Just One Cookbook says

August 31, 2012 at 10:33 pm

I'm totally enjoying your dessert recipes - apple tart is by far my favorite! Such a classic and always the best. I put good vanilla bean ice cream on top.. that's my comfort dessert for sure. Beautiful tart!!

Nancy/SpicieFoodie says

August 27, 2012 at 8:24 pm

Oh, I know it's hard being away from family. Specially during times when fun activities are happening. Your tart looks so good Helene! I have to give it a try now that apples season is arriving. The rhyme is so cute, made me smile:) Have a great week!

Asmita says

August 27, 2012 at 6:54 pm

Beautiful tart!

Mairi @ Toast says

August 27, 2012 at 8:28 am

What a wonderful apple tart Helene! Despite having spent the whole weekend eating I could definitely still squeeze in a slice of this!

Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says

August 26, 2012 at 9:31 am

This is the first apple tart recipe for me in the blogosphere. I am so not ready to celebrate "fall" just yet, but look at that yummy tart. Absolutely drool-worthy 😀

Louise says

August 26, 2012 at 7:48 am

Lovely Tart Helene. I wish I knew a bit more about grafting. What fun to have a grafter in the family. I guess I would need to get me some trees fruit first!!!

Thanks so much for sharing...

Jamie says

August 26, 2012 at 11:11 am

With puff pastry in the fridge I've been toying with the idea of an apple tart - simple and delicious as yours (who needs anything besides sweet juicy apples?), but I'm holding off on apple desserts while we still have summer stone fruit. But apple pies are my family's favorites.

- Helene says
  
  August 27, 2012 at 7:16 pm
  
  it's a classic right? =D
  
Parsley Sage says

August 26, 2012 at 12:37 am

Helene! This tart is spectacular! Way to make me miss apple treats!

Christina @ Sweet Pea's Kitchen says

August 25, 2012 at 9:12 am

I wish I had my own apple tree...I would be in heaven! This apple tart looks incredible! 🙂

Terra says

August 25, 2012 at 7:22 am

Hi my sweet sweet friend!!!!! How have you been? I am sorry for not stopping by enough, keeping up only puts me behind, LOL:-) Apples, Fall, all together in one just make me the happiest girl! Your tart looks so beautiful, AND delicious:-) Hugs, Terra

- Helene says
  
  August 25, 2012 at 1:30 pm
  
  ah no worries, I know how difficult it is to catch up, even though I d love the spend more time doing that only. What would be the fall without apples right? ^.^
  
Anita Menon says

August 25, 2012 at 11:48 am

wow.. i have never seen an apple tree in my life. You are so so lucky to have apples growing in your garden. Really loved going through the interesting post and about your parent's gardening adventures. The tart looks beautiful!

- Helene says
  
  August 25, 2012 at 1:35 pm
  
  really, u have never seen an apple tree? wow! I feel like dragging u to europe and inviting you for a coffee there in our garden. =)
  
Choc Chip Uru says

August 25, 2012 at 8:56 am

Your tart looks absolutely superb my friend 😀

Cheers
Choc Chip Uru

Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says

August 25, 2012 at 5:23 am

Nothing gets me more excited than an apple pie or tart. Definite memory food for me as my mother or grandmother made at least one a week. Your parents' garden must be magical!

Adora's Box says

August 24, 2012 at 10:38 pm

How I wish we could switch places. I am here in London and enjoying the last of the summer days. Soon the summer fruits will be all gone and the autumn fruits are all we'll have for sometime. This recipe for apple tart will surely come in handy then.

- Helene says
  
  August 25, 2012 at 1:29 pm
  
  yeah it would be practical to beam whereever we would like to be, right? Well at least u folks got some great quality apples that side (not that I am complaining about the Kashmiri apples, but those chinese apples here are awful).
  
Prathima Rao says

August 24, 2012 at 9:58 pm

Delicious apple tart!! Stopping by after a long time..all recipes look mighty yumm!!! How u doing Helena?? U in India still ? Btw, reg your query to substitute mangoes with other fruits, I have already mentioned it under notes..hope that helps 🙂
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner

- Helene says
  
  August 25, 2012 at 1:27 pm
  
  Hi Prats... yes it has been some time. =) I am fine thanks for asking. just came back to goa some weeks ago. ah I knew I missed something when I was reading through your post. thanks though for letting me know.
  
Cucina49 says

August 25, 2012 at 2:31 am

Wow, that tart is gorgeous! I love all things apple-y and am envious of your trees!

Nursery Rhymes and Harvesting season

Spannenlanger Hansel

Apple Tart

Ingredients

For the short crust pastry:

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Instructions

Nutrition

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