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simplest apple tart
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5 steps
- 1
Brush a little of the butter into a loose bottom 23 cm pie tin. Preheat oven to 200 C / 400 F/ Gas 6.
- 2
Roll out the pastry and line the base of the tin with the pastry. Brush generously with butter and sprinkle half the sugar over the pastry, avoiding the edges.
- 3
Toss the apple slices in the lemon juice and coat with the remaining sugar and cinnamon.
- 4
Cover the base with the apples, leaving a 2 cm gap around the edge. Drizzle the remaining butter over the apples and dust with a little more cinnamon.
- 5
Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 - 25 minutes until the apple is soft and slightly golden and the pastry rim looks crisp. Taste for salt and serve when it looks done.