Nottoway park

Nottoway park
Hunter House facing gardens

Friday, August 2, 2013

August 2, 2013
Italian Almond Tart : recipe from Williams Sonoma
The best laid plans often go astray. Meant to go to the Nottoway garden but ran out of time. However made a delicious Italian Almond Tart. Recipe is as follows:

pie crust

     Mix 1 1/2 cups of flour with 1/2  cup of butter  and 1/4 cup of sugar & 1/4 tsp salt   
     combine until looks like "rough cornmeal"
     add a mixture of 1 egg yolk . 1/2 TBSP of Vanilla, and 2 TBPS icy cold water -
     chill 30 minutes and roll out to 9 inch tart pan.
     Bake with pie weights about 20 minutes until not "wet".
Filling: With electric mixer
      - cream 1/2  cup butter
         add can of almond paste mix until smooth.
         add 1/3 cup of sugar  and two eggs- 1 at a time.
         Stir in 1/3 cup of flour.
 Put it together
     Spread 1/3 cup of raspberry jam in bottom of baked pie shell,
     add butter mixture
     sprinkle with sliced almonds.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes.


We like it for dessert or for a breakfast sweet.

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