Vintage Rose Kitchen: Rustic Apple Tart

Rustic Apple Tart slice with ice cream

A little while back I posted a link and information regarding French Food at Home and in particular referring to Sweet French Tarts. I love the simplicity of the programme and the recipes in general are well worth a try (at least once, is what I say).

Well, I'm proud to announce that I tried the Rustic Apple Tart (or Rough Apple Galette, as Laura calls it) and was pleasantly surprised at how quick and easy it was to make. And very tasty to boot! I will definitely make it again as it seems the family really enjoyed it too!

Rustic Apple Tart

My comments :

• The perfectionist in me was quite "perturbed" by the "rustic" appearance - which is the point after all - but I kept thinking it should look neater - LOL!


• I found I needed to cook it a little longer than the recipe suggested.
  
• I will partially precook the apples, as some were still a little "chewy" after baking.

All in all though, a worthwhile exercise in french tart making. Give it a go, you'll be pleasantly surprised and you'll have learnt something new too!!

PS. 28.10.09: Forgot to add that due to time constraints I used ready made pastry.

Link to the Apple Tart recipe on French Food at Home, click here.

Link to previous post on Sweet French Tarts

Link to French Food at Home

Sweet French Tarts

I was watching a re-run of Laura Calder's French Food at Home (series 1) and particularly enjoyed the episodes in which she tackles Savoury and Sweet French Tarts, respectively. My interest could probably be ascribed to the fact that I've always had a "fear" or maybe more of a, resistance, to working with pastry, but have more recently ventured to try a few things and realised it actually isn't that much of a saga. Of course, let's not forget the fact that Laura makes everything look and feel soooo easy, I guess also helps .... anyway here is the link to her sweet tart recipes .... Enjoy, I'm hoping to tackle the Rustic Apple Galette.

Click on Link, which takes you to the page that lists the Sweet Tarts : http://www.foodtv.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=102519

Picture Credit: French Food at Home