Tuesday, May 26, 2015

SHARON'S RHUBARB, ALMOND AND HONEY TART

We had a small potluck party at our house this past weekend and friend, Sharon, brought a fabulous rhubarb tart.  Since she was kind enough to send the recipe to me, I'm being kind and passing it along to you since it was really, really delicious and, as you can see, very easy to make.  ENJOY!!!

PER SHARON:
http://www.bojongourmet.com/2014/05/rustic-rhubarb-almond-and-honey-tart.html  - this is a gluten free recipe, I did not make it gluten free as you can see below. The web link has some beautiful photos and more info on technique.

Rustic Rhubarb, Almond, and Honey Tart

For the almond paste:
1 cup (3.25 ounces / 90 grams) sliced almonds (or whole or slivered almonds)
6 tablespoons (2.5 ounces / 75 grams) sugar
1/4 cup (1.5 ounces / 40 grams) all-purpose flour 
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
6 tablespoons (3 ounces / 85 grams) unsalted butter, softened
2 smallish eggs, plus 1 more for brushing the tart (or 1 1/2 large eggs, other half of egg reserved for brushing the tart)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
In the body of a food processor, combine the almonds, sugar, rice flour and salt. Process until the almonds are finely ground. Add the softened butter, eggs, vanilla and almond extracts and process to a paste. If the paste is very runny, cover and chill for 20-30 minutes until firm.

Directions:

Using a sheet of parchment paper, roll out a single puff pastry to fit a large baking sheet. Wet the edges and fold about ½ inch all the way around to make a nice rectangular crust.

Spread the inside of the pastry with the almond paste

Arrange rhubarb on the almond paste. Lightly press them into the almond paste. Then sprinkle with 3 TBS of sugar.

Brush the edges of the pastry with the leftover beaten egg.

Bake  400ยบ for 30 – 35 minutes.


Cool. Drizzle with about 4 TBS honey just before cutting and serving.