Apple Cheese Tart

Recipe

Preparation

Peel apples. Put flour, 3 T. of the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles fine bread crumbs. Add egg yolks and ice water and mix until thee dough almost forms a ball. Press on the bottom and up the sides of a 10-inch tart pan. Chill 30 minutes. Pastry dough may also be prepared in a food processor. Sprinkle cheese and nuts over bottom of pastry shell. Arrange apple slices over this mixture. Sprinkle with lemon peel and remaining 4 T. of sugar. Bake in preheated 400 deg. oven and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm with slices of Tillamook or Cheddar cheese. Serves 6.

Ingredients

1 1/2 c All-purpose flour
7 tb Sugar; divided
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 lb Butter; COLD
2 Eggs yolks
2 ts Ice water
1 c Tillamook cheese; or cheddar
1/3 c Almonds; chopped, toasted
1 1/2 lb Tart apples; sliced thin
1/2 ts Grated lemon peel

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