Recipe - Breton Apple Tart

APPLE FILLING
2 pound Golden delicious apples
One half cup Sugar
3 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon Lemon juice
2 tablespoon Dark rum

BRETON DOUGH
1 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Dark rum, optional
4 Egg yolks

VARIATION:BRETON WALNUT TART

WALNUT FILLING
2 Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Light brown sugar
One fourth cup Butter
1/3 cup Honey
2 cup Walnut pieces
coarsely chopped

Try substituting firmripe peaches for the apples in this filling for a
seasonal variation. FOR THE APPLE FILLING: PEEL, CORE AND SLICE THE apples
into a large saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients and cook the apples
covered until they exude their juices. Uncover the apples, lower the heat
and allow juices to evaporate. Cool the filling. FOR THE BRETON DOUGH: BEAT
THE BUTTER UNTIL SOFT using a hand mixer set at medium speed or a
heavyduty mixer fitted with the paddle. Beat in the sugar in a stream.
Continue beating until the mixture lightens. Beat in the rum and vanilla,
then the yolks, one at a time, beating until the mixture is very smooth and
light. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the flour by hand, until the dough
is smooth. Preheat the oven to 350F and set a rack in the lowest level.
Butter a 10by2inchdeep layer pan. Cut a disk of parchment or wax paper
and place in the bottom of the pan; butter the paper. Place half the dough
in the pan and use a spatula to spread it evenly over the bottom of the
pan. Spread the cooled filling on the dough. Flour the remaining dough and
press it into a 10inch disk on a cardboard or tartpan bottom. Slide the
dough over the filling and press it into place making sure that the sides
are straight and even. Brush the top of the Breton with a beaten egg yolk.
Bake for 4045 minutes, until well colored. Cool on a rack. VARIATION:
BRETON WALNUT TART: FOR THE WALNUT FILLING: BRING SUGAR, BUTTER AND HONEY
to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil 2 minutes. Stir in walnuts and cool.
Proceed as for Breton Apple Tart, above.

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