Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, greek apricot jam tart (pasta flora). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Place the tart pan onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Fill the tart crust with the preserves. In a large bow add flour and sugar combine dry ingredients.
Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek apricot jam tart (pasta flora) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora):
- Take 3 cups All Purpose Flour
- Prepare 250 grams Apricot Jam
- Make ready 1/2 cup Sugar
- Get 250 grams Butter at room temperature
- Prepare 1 Egg and 1 extra Egg White
- Make ready 1 shot Cognac
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Make ready 1 Lemon zest
Greeks aren't big on breakfast, but a slice of this is a favourite mid-morning. Instead of the vanilla, you can use brandy for an authentic Greek touch. Apricot jam tart or Greek pasta flora is ideal for breakfast or with your afternoon coffee or tea. Its buttery and crumbly dough that melts in your mouth makes a perfect pair with the sweetness of the jam on top of it.
Steps to make Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora):
- In a large bow add flour and sugar combine dry ingredients.
- Add in the baking powder, egg, butter and lemon zest.
- Continue by adding the shot of Cognac.
- Mix all the ingredients by hand until it becomes a fluffy dough. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Once the dough has cooled, separate about 100 grams of the dough to make the dough stripes that will be layered. Roll out the rest of the dough and place it into the tart pan so this becomes a tart shell.
- We usually make our own Jam but since Apricots are not in season, we found ready made apricot jam in the super market today. You can use any fruit jam you enjoy eating. Spread jam nicely in shell.
- Roll out the remaining dough into flat stripes, or you can make ropes by rolling the small pieces of dough with your hands. (These should be approximately about 1/2 finger’s width) Start layering strips on top of the jam. With the extra egg white brush lightly over stripes to get that golden brown color. 🙂 - - Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees and bake for 1 hour. - - Kali Orexi!!! 🙂
You can use whatever jam you prefer and you can make it in any size you like. Looking for a traditional Greek jam tart recipe? Find out how to make this pasta flora dessert using your favorite kind of jam and wake up the whole family To make one jam tart separate the dough in two pieces; use the one half to form the bottom of the tart. Butter the bottom and sides of a tart tray. Lattice-work topping makes Pasta Flora look like it takes a lot of effort.
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