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Apple Tart with Chef Michael Kloeti

Chef Michael Kloeti from Michael's on the Hill in Waterbury Center joins us this morning to make a fool-proof apple tart.

Fool Proof Apple Tart

Yield:4

INGREDIENTS:

4 each Puff pastry discs, 6-inch diameter

2 teaspoons Brown sugar

2 teaspoon White sugar

1 teaspoon Cinnamon, ground

a tiny pinch Salt

1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice

2 teaspoons Butter, melted, unsalted

4 each Empire or local baking apples, peeled and sliced

METHOD:

-Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

-Prick pastry round with a fork to avoid over-puffing.

-Toss apples with sugar, salt, butter, lemon and cinnamon.

-Attractively arrange apples onto puff pastry disc, and put remaining sugar all over the

pastry for a shiny finish.

-Bake in the oven for approximately 20 minutes

-optional: Brush with clear melted apple or apricot jelly.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar

Serve with vanilla ice cream or sweetened crème fraîche