Fruit Tart

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Puff the Magic Pastry

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(13)

Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
2 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
Sugar, for dusting
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and quartered
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Apricot jam

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Crimp seams of puff pastry together with fingertips. Dust both sides of pastry with sugar. Using a rolling pin, roll pastry in each direction to close seams. Using a sharp pizza cutter (and tracing a small plate) cut out 2 circles of pastry. Place pastry circles on a chilled sheet pan and let cool in the refrigerator for a few minutes.

Using a vegetable peeler cut wafer thin apple slices. Put apple slices in lemon-juice-spiked water.

Flip pastry circles over on the sheet pans and poke them with a fork to provide an outlet for steam. Put parchment paper on the pan underneath the pastry circles. Sprinkle pastry with sugar and arrange apple slices on top.

Bake in the middle of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Poke the crust; if it feels soft it needs more time in the oven.

Microwave some apricot jam for 30 seconds. Dab (don't brush) the jam on the tarts. Cool tarts at least 4 hours and seal in a resealable plastic bag. Serve at room temperature or heat in the microwave and top with ice cream.

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Melinda Gulfport, MS 06-25-2008
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so very easy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Good Job Alton !!!! One more time your recipe rocks! I have learned so much from you. Thank you
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george livonia, MI 06-07-2008
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outstanding
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

dont waste the pastry and cut squares instead of circles. works just as great. also, i baked it only for 15 min. alton... is the man. great job. everyone that tried it fell in love with them.Read more
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Edna Houston, TX 05-05-2008
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Great and Easy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Great and easy recipe! I actually just used the Pillsbury Puff Pastry Shells, put the baked apples in there and the jam on... it, and it turned out great!Read more
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Nick Lincoln, NE 08-22-2006
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Fruity and sweet
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I am very anal when it comes to recipes, so when my mom told me not to use the vegetable peeler to cut the apples wafer thin,... I was a little bothered. She cut em' too thick of course and I couldn't make the cool pinwheel shape. Instead ended up with a shape I couldn't describe to you. Not only that she mashed it to get to more tarts out of one sheet. Those 2 didn't puff up and turned out like crap. So I made them again my way and they turned out much better. 1. You must cut whatever fruit you use with a vegetable peeler. 2. DO NOT MASH THE DOUGH TO GET MORE TARTS OUT OF ONE SHEET. It won't work. 3. You can eat them warm or cold with a side of ketchup. . . . forget the ketchup. Just enjoy them.Read more
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Julie Waldorf, MD 08-10-2006
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Simply Great
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the first Good Eats recipe that I have tried. It was a very tasty treat, especially considering how simple the... recipe is. The hardest part is slicing the apple slices with a vegetable peeler but I think that will get easier with practice. We microwaved our pastries to warm them up and then served them with a scoop of ice cream. This dish will fool anyone into thinking that I can actually cook. This dish will be a staple in our house.Read more
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Anonymous 07-05-2006
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way kool
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this fruit tart is so amazingly good!