| Christmas recipe serves: 8 | | | | caster sugar, beaten eggs, ground almonds with the |
| calories per serving: 685 | | | | remaining butter (melted).Line a 9 inch tin (1.25 inch |
| preparation time: 30 minutes + chilling | | | | deep with loose base) with thin rolled pastry . Bake until |
| cooking time: 50 minutes | | | | set.Take the almond mixture from step 3 and add the |
| Suitable for freezingChristmas recipe ingredients:white | | | | prunes and apples. Sprinkle with almonds and bake for |
| flour, plain 175 g (6 oz) | | | | 30 minutes at gas mark 5 (190 degrees centgrade, |
| butter, 225 g (8oz) | | | | 375 F) or until a light brown color. Cool for about 20 |
| caster sugar, 124 g (4 oz) | | | | minutes.Sieve a mixture of melted jam and orange |
| orange, grated rind and juice from 1 | | | | juice (15 ml, 1tbsp) and brush over the top of the |
| egg yolk, 1 | | | | cooked tart. Serve cold or warm with fresh cream or |
| prunes, no-soak pitted 225 g (8 oz) | | | | greek |
| eating apple, 1 | | | | -------------------------- |
| calvados, 60 ml (4 tbsp) | | | | (c) Paul Curran, CEO of Cuzcom Internet Publishing |
| almonds, ground 25 g (8 oz) | | | | Group and webmaster at Gifts-for-Christmas.com, |
| eggs, beaten 2 | | | | bringing |
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| sugar (25 g, 1 oz), chilled diced butter (125 g, 4 oz). | | | | its entirety as long as the author bylines in the |
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| into the mixture from step 1 and form a ball. Cover and | | | | of your |
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| chopped prunes over the calvados. Mix the remaing | | | | |