Ingredients
1 sheet shortcrust pastry
150g butter or equiv.
100g caster sugar
Zest of ½ lemon
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp orange blossom water
½ tsp almond essence
2 eggs
150g almond meal
20g plain flour
3-4 nectarines, halved
Apricot jam to coat pastry
Icing sugar for dusting
Summary
- Thaw pastry sheet a little & roll it out, so it covers a baking tin. Use a tart tin with a removal base for convenience.
- Carefully press pastry sheet into tin, removing excess pastry at the edges. Blind bake pastry in a preheated 180˚C oven for 12-15 mins.
- To prepare the filling, cream butter and sugar with a fork until sugar dissolves.
- Put lemon zest, almond & vanilla essence, and orange blossom water into a bowl, add the eggs and beat with a fork.
- Combine mixture little by little with a whisk into the butter mixture.
- Add the almond meal and flour to the combined egg & butter mixture, stirring through with a whisk.
- When pastry is ready, melt about 2 Tbs of apricot jam in a small saucepan, then brush over the pastry, making sure to coat the sides.
- Pour frangipane filling into the pastry casing, and press nectarine halves into the mixture. Bake for 1 hour. Leave to cool.
- When tart is cool, dust with icing sugar to serve.