Apple Tart

Ingredients

• Crust:

• 2 Cups unsifted cake flour

• 1 Cup sugar

• 2 Teaspoons baking powder

• 2ml Salt

• 250g Butter

• Filling:

• 1 Can unsweetened pie apples, finely chopped

• 1/2 Cup sugar

• 1/2 Cup raisins

• 2ml Cinnamon

• 1ml Ground cloves

• Pinch of salt

• 1 Teaspoon custard powder mixed with a little water

Method

1. Sift together the cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

2. Rub the butter or margarine into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until it forms a dough.

3. Cover the dough and let it rest for a while.

4. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).

5. Press half of the dough against the sides and the bottom of an ovenproof tart dish.

6. Mix the pie apples, sugar, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and salt together thoroughly.

7. Spoon it into a small saucepan and heat it slowly.

8. Stir custard powder into the mixture until it starts to thicken.

9. Let it cool.

10. Spoon it onto the crust in the tart dish.

11. Grate the remaining dough coarsely over the top.

12. Bake the tart for 20 minutes or until the dough starts to brown.

13. Serve lukewarm or cold.

14. The tart freezes well.

Enjoy your Apple Tart!