Apple Tart
Either with compote or with half compote half apples.
Compote
| Ingredient | 1/2 12,5cm Tart | 12,5cm Tart | | ———— | ————— | ———– | | Diced Apples | 260g | 520g | | Lemon juice | 2 TL | 4 TL | | Sugar | 2 TL | 4 TL | | Water | 2 EL | 2 EL | | Vanilla | a bit | a bit |
- Peel and dice apples
- Cook with all ingredients for 12-15 minutes
- Let cool before adding to tart shell
Add apple slices
If you only want to fill half with apple compote, you need to add stacked apple slices on top.
- Slice apples into thin slices with knife or mandoline
- Arrange slices in circle so that they stand and all slices get baked equally
Berry like Blueberry or Blackberry
Filling for 9” Pie
Ingredients
- 350-400g Berries
- 3g Lemon zest
- 15g Lemon Juice
- 50g (up to 100g) of Sugar (depending on how sour berries are)
- e.g. fresh sour blackberries at least 75g
- 30-50g corn starch
Instructions
- Mix everything together in a bowl so that it is uniform and you don’t see the white starch anymore
- Fill into pie crust
- Put back into fridge while the lattice is being prepared
- Cut lattice
- Put lattice on top and bake pie
Raspberry (frozen)
Ingredients for a 12inch tart ring
- 280 grams frozen raspberries
- 31 grams sugar
- 1 grams salt
- 14g lemon of juice
- Lemon Zest
- 9 grams unsalted butter
- 1-2 grams vanilla
- 13 grams cornstarch
- 18 grams water
Instructions
- Put frozen berries in a pot and add sugar and salt.
- Cook on medium heat until berries thaw and start to get hot and juicy.
- Add butter.
- Continue cooking until berries are nice and hot and liquidy.
- It will look like a berry puree.
- Mix cornstarch with water and add to berries. Keep stirring constantly.
- Cook until nice and thick.
- Take off heat and add vanilla.
- Cool a bit.
- Pour berries into pie crust.
- Let cool then place in fridge to cool completely.
Mixed berries (frozen)
Ingredients for a 12inch tart ring
- 280 grams frozen raspberries
- 25 grams sugar
- 1 grams salt
- 14g lemon of juice
- Lemon Zest
- 9 grams unsalted butter
- 1-2 grams vanilla
- 13 grams cornstarch
- 18 grams water
Instructions
- Put frozen berries in a pot and add sugar and salt.
- Cook on medium heat until berries thaw and start to get hot and juicy.
- Add butter.
- Continue cooking until berries are nice and hot and liquidy.
- It will look like a berry puree.
- Mix cornstarch with water and add to berries. Keep stirring constantly.
- Cook until nice and thick.
- Take off heat and add vanilla.
- Cool a bit.
- Pour berries into pie crust.
- Let cool then place in fridge to cool completely.
Cherry
Ingredients for a full pie
- up to 240 grams cherry juice (optional)
- 50-75g sugar
- 50g cornstarch
- 600g sour cherries, pitted
- 30g fresh lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
- 1g Cinnamon
- A whole lemons zest
- 30g butter (cubed, optional)
Instructions
- Siev cormn starch through fine siv
- Whisk sugar and cornstarch together
- If cherries are thawed:
- Mix small amount of cherry juice (or water) and Corn starch until no lumps are left
- bring 1 cup of cherry juice to boil in pan
- mix in sugar, once melted, add corn starch mix
- stir until it thickens
- pour sauce into large bowl and mix with cherries
- Add cherries to a saucepan over medium-low heat and cover.
- Cook cherries until they begin to release their juice and come to a low simmer, about 10 minutes. Stir often and do not let them burn.
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Pour sugar mixture into the cherries, mixing as you add it. Bring the mixture back to a simmer and cook until the filling begins to thicken. About 2 minutes or up to 5 minutes for a thicker cherry pie filling.
- Let cool before using as pie filling
