Apple Streusel Tart with Honey Crust
A delicious tart featuring a honey-sweetened crust filled with grated apples and topped with a buttery streusel. The combination of cinnamon, lemon, and vanilla creates a perfectly balanced dessert.
Ingredients
- •1¾ cups all purpose flour
- •2 tablespoons sugar
- •1 teaspoon cinnamon
- •½ teaspoon salt
- •½ cup unsalted butter
- •¼ cup honey
- •2 large egg yolks
- •1 tablespoon ice water
- •1 cup all purpose flour
- •⅓ cup sugar
- •1½ teaspoons grated lemon peel
- •½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- •½ cup unsalted butter
- •¼ cup sugar
- •2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- •1½ teaspoons cornstarch
- •¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •3 cups grated Gala apples
- •Jonagold apples
- •4 whole Winesap apples
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in processor. Add butter; using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Whisk honey, yolks, and 1 tablespoon ice water in bowl. Add honey mixture to flour mixture; using on/off turns, process until clumps form. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill 1 hour.
60 min
- 2.
Roll dough out on floured surface to 12-inch round. Transfer to 10-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Press dough onto bottom and up sides of pan. Fold overhang in; press to form double layer. Cover and chill 30 minutes or up to 1 day.
30 min
- 3.
Mix all ingredients in medium bowl. Using fingertips, rub in butter until pea-size clumps form. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
10 min
- 4.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk first 4 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Add grated apples; stir to coat.
15 min
- 5.
Transfer to crust, spreading evenly. Sprinkle streusel over. Bake until streusel is golden and filling is bubbling, about 1 hour. Cool. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
60 min