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Ingredients
- Pastry Shell:
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Filling:
- 8 oz package cream cheese (softened)
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- Topping:
- 5 cups of peeled and very thinly sliced apples
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
Details
Servings 8
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 40mins
Cooking time 45mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450F
Cream together butter, 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla, and flour. Press crust mixture into the flat bottom of a 9” loose bottom cake pan.
In a medium bowl, blend softened cream cheese and ¼ cup sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Pour cheese mixture over pastry shell.
Combine ¼ cup sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Toss the very thinly sliced apples with the sugar mixture and spread over the cheese filling.
Bake for 10 mins. Reduce heat to 400F and continue baking for 25 mins. Sprinkle almonds over top of tart. Continue baking until almonds are lightly toasted and apples are tender. Cool before removing from pan.
Chef Tips and Tricks
Ingredients
- 150g / 3/4 cup sugar
- 150g / 2/3 cup softened butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp fresh yeast
- 180g / 1 1/2 cups flour
- 190g / 1 1/2 cups chocolate, melted
- 4 pears
Method
- Combine sugar, butter and eggs in bowl. Mix well.
- Add fresh yeast and flour and mix through.
- Pour in melted chocolate and fold into mixture.
- Peel 4 pears (or as many comfortably fit in your baking pan)
- Pour chocolate mixture into lined or greased baking loaf pan.
- Evenly space the pears in the pan, sitting upright.
- Bake at 350°F / 180°C for 35 minutes.
- Drizzle with more melted chocolate, and serve.
- Enjoy!
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