Apple Lattice Flan Recipe
Ingredients
Pastry:
3 cups (450 g) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (150 g) margarine, cut in small pieces
2 tablespoons (25 g) sugar
About 2/3 cup (150 ml) ice water
Filling:
2 lbs. (1 kg) cooking apples
Grated peel and juice of 1 lemon
Generous 1/2 cup (120 g) sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup (100 g) raisins
1 cup (100 g) chopped hazelnuts
1 egg yolk, beaten
Glaze:
1/3 cup (100 g) apricot jam
Scant 1 cup (100 g) powdered sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Directions
To make pastry, sift flour and salt into a large bowl.
Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in margarine evenly.
Lightly mix in sugar and enough ice water to make a dough.
Press into a ball and wrap in foil or plastic wrap.
Refrigerate 30 minutes.
To make filling, peel and core apples.
Chop apples coarsely; place in a large bowl.
Mix in lemon peel and juice, sugar, cinnamon, raisins and hazelnuts.
Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C).
On a floured surface, roll out three-fourths of dough to fit a 15-1/2x10-1/2-inch (39x27-cm) cake pan.
Place dough in pan without stretching.
Spread apple mixture over pastry shell.
Roll out remaining dough, cut into thin strips and arrange over flan in a lattice pattern.
Brush with egg yolk.
Bake 30 to 40 minutes.
Cool in pan.
To make glaze, warm jam; brush over warm pastry.
Blend powdered sugar and lemon juice.
Drizzle glaze over lattice.
Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in margarine evenly.
Lightly mix in sugar and enough ice water to make a dough.
Press into a ball and wrap in foil or plastic wrap.
Refrigerate 30 minutes.
To make filling, peel and core apples.
Chop apples coarsely; place in a large bowl.
Mix in lemon peel and juice, sugar, cinnamon, raisins and hazelnuts.
Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C).
On a floured surface, roll out three-fourths of dough to fit a 15-1/2x10-1/2-inch (39x27-cm) cake pan.
Place dough in pan without stretching.
Spread apple mixture over pastry shell.
Roll out remaining dough, cut into thin strips and arrange over flan in a lattice pattern.
Brush with egg yolk.
Bake 30 to 40 minutes.
Cool in pan.
To make glaze, warm jam; brush over warm pastry.
Blend powdered sugar and lemon juice.
Drizzle glaze over lattice.