Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Mediterranean Apple tart with dry fruits

Ingredients
Filo pastry 3 sheets
butter 5 gm
brown sugar 5 gm ( 1 tsp)
Apple peeled & sliced 400 gm
pitted prunes 18 gm
chopped dried figs 18 gm
seedless dates 18 gm
chopped cilantro 2 gm
cinnamon pdr 2 gm
powdered sugar 5 gm

Method
Peel, core & divide apple into 2. Slice approximately 1mm thick. Chop/ dice dry fruits & mix with the chopped cilantro. Then divide into 6 balls. Spread filo pastry with butter & sprinkle brown sugar & the cinnamon pdr to taste. Put 2 more filo pastry on top sprinkling the same between each. Cut this into 6 squares.
Place the filn square in a tart ring of about 8 cm in diameter. Place the ball of dry fruits in the centre. Arrange apple slices, i.e., appr. 1 full apple per tart in a circular manner with the slices overlapping till the top of the dry fruits. the apple will be a cone around the dry fruits. Sprinkle with cinnamon pdr & a dab a little butter & bake for 30 minutes at 180 deg C till the apple is soft. Sprinkle icing sugar & serve hot with ice cream of your choice.

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