SEDUCTIVELY SAUCY APPLE TART

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INGREDIENTS
TART BATTER

Brown sugar 400 g
Butter, salted, soft 85 g
Eggs, large 6 units
Cake flour 240 ml
Baking powder 7 g
Salt 2 ml
Milk 129 g
Unsweetened apple slices, large tin 770 g

METHOD
TART BATTER

  1. Make the tart batter first, and while the tart is baking, make the seductive sauce.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  3. Spray a glass oven dish (± 30 cm × 40 cm) well with cooking spray.
  4. Cut the apple slices into blocks (± 2 cm in size) or leave them in slices and put a single layer in the sprayed dish.
  5. Beat the butter and sugar until creamy.
  6. Add the eggs one at a time while continuously beating the mixture.
  7. Add the cake flour, baking powder and salt while mixing to make a ‘semi-runny mix’.
  8. Add the milk and mix well.
  9. Pour a layer of batter over the apples (enough to cover it completely), then place another layer of apples on the batter. Do not press it into the batter.
  10. If you still have batter left, repeat steps 3, 4 and 9 in a smaller oven dish.
  11. Bake for ± 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Test by sticking a skewer in the centre. If the skewer comes out clean, it is ready.

INGREDIENTS
SAUCE

Milk 258 g
Evaporated milk (Ideal milk) 397 g
Condensed milk 385 g
Vanilla essence 10 g

METHOD
SAUCE

  1. Boil all the sauce ingredients together in a pot over low heat until all the sugar has dissolved.
  2. Be careful not to burn the sauce (high sugar content), and ensure it does not boil over (milk contents).
  3. This sauce is poured over the tart once baked.

FINISHING & SERVING

Once the apple tart is out of the oven, immediately prick the cake using a fork. While still piping hot, pour the sauce over the tart slowly, allowing it to be absorbed little by little. Let the tart sit for 10 minutes (if you can wait that long) and serve with vanilla ice cream or custard. The sauce will thicken while resting.

YIELD ± 21 SINGLE SERVINGS
BAKE TIME ± 30–35 MINUTES
TOTAL TIME 30–40 MINUTES
PREPARATION TIME 15–20 MINUTES

HISTORY OF MY DISH

The apple slices are nestled in cake batter, baked, and then smothered in a rich, decadent, seductive sauce. Enjoy this tart with your loved ones and include them in the baking to create a positively mindful experience.
A variation of this recipe* might well be one of South Africa’s most popular apple tarts, baked for generations. Some people enjoy it cold, but my ‘men’ absolutely love it served hot with vanilla ice cream. To make it a bit healthier, you could reduce the sugar—but who wants that when you can eat a seductively saucy apple tart.

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