You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. I used several electric appliances and could not get the butter to cream with the Bretonne butter (my absolute favorite in France) no matter how soft the butter was. Thank you for the recipe! You can also change some of your preferences. I’m salivating right now, but can’t do anything about it. I try to spend a bit of time with everyone; apologies if you felt slighted or I didn’t seem gracious. The flan parisien is a simple custard tart /pie recipe that has been around in France for decades. But the fact that I didn’t wasn’t so bad for this … Reply, For a dessert that is supposed to be simple and unfussy it sure looks picture perfect to me. You were so ungracious. I’m Jill, a Scottish-French author, mum & home cook in Paris since 1992. Welcome to, twists and tales to easy French and Scottish recipes - you'll see I'm not just mad about macarons! And I’ve used it for savory recipes as well, by leaving out the icing sugar in the dough. Home >> Tarte Normande – French Apple Tart with Custard. To dial down the richness, you can swap out, plus 2 tablespoons granulated or raw cane sugar, for finishing the tart, 1. It’s nursery food really. The filling couldn’t be simpler – just whisk the whole lot together and pour on top of the apples. In his recipe GD apples were thinly sliced and arranged over the dough then heavy cream mixed with egg yolk, sugar, and Armagnac were poured over. Clearly, she had reached breaking point, David! Bake for 35 minutes. I also added a glaze at the end as I think it makes the tart look so much more attractive. Since you’re into apples, one we used to get that I liked a lot – and had a great name – was Ashmead’s Kernel, which are outstanding apples, but hard to get. (See Note 2). I didn’t put mine in the fridge because sometimes the dough is then too hard to easily roll out, but if you make the pastry hours ahead you’d need to do this and then take it out a bit before using it. https://www.thespruceeats.com/french-apple-tarte-aux-pommes-recipe-1375048 Yes it can. (The recipe is from my book Ready for Dessert, and there are more details, and ideas for using it, in there.) Mix in the flour and salt on low speed, until the dough comes together. Thank you, David! To bake the tart, preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). For the second one, I sliced the apples into sixteenths, as when they were sliced into eighths, they were still a little hard, and I wanted them softer. You bake 8 desserts? Arrange apples in the pastry shell. It’s not all about you, for goodness sakes. Preparation Time: 15 minutes French Apple Custard Tart – An Easy Yolk Recipe you HAVE to try! When you say you couldn’t get the sugar to cream with the butter, I don’t quite understand. In my opinion, the almond flour int his recipe does a lot more to the overall taste than the plain white flour. Thanks for sharing this and other wonderful recipes with us. Thank you for all your interesting recipes and stories, David.