Tarte Alsacienne
Recipe
- Title:
- Tarte Alsacienne
- Categories:
- Desserts, Pies
- Yield:
- 10 servings
Ingredients
CREAM CHEESE PIE DOUGH
- 1/2 lb Butter
- 2 ts Vanilla
- 1/2 lb Cream cheese
- 2 c Flour
Ingredients
FILLING
- 1 1/2 c Half and half
- 1/2 c Sugar
- 2
- Eggs
- 1 ts Vanilla extract
- 3 c Thinly sliced, green apples
- 1/4 ts Mace
- - (peeled)
Directions
- CREAM BUTTER, CREAM CHEESE and vanilla together in a mixer or processor.
- Reduce speed to low and add the flour.
- Mix until incorporated.
- Remove the dough from the mixer, form into 3 balls and wrap in plastic wrap.
- Chill for 1 hour before using.
- Uncooked dough can be frozen for up to 2 months.
- Freeze uncooked balls of dough or freeze dough in pie tins.
Directions
- FILLING: Place a ball of chilled dough on a piece of lightly floured wax paper and pound with a rolling pin to flatten and soften.
- Roll the dough into an 11-inch circle, lift it with the wax paper and invert onto a 9-inch glass pie dish.
- Press firmly into the dish and gently remove and discard wax paper.
- Place in refrigerator to chill.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Arrange apples in the pie crust.
- In a bowl, beat together eggs, half-and-half, sugar, vanilla and mace.
- Pour the mixture over the apples.
- Place the pie in the oven and bake until the mixture is set, about 30 minutes.
- The dough recipe makes about 3 10-inch pies.
Directions
- MICHAEL ROBERTS - PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK
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