For those on my Facebook author’s page who asked for the recipe, here’s the free-form apple tart that’s pictured there. This was the first apple pie I ever made after I was grown and had my own kitchen. It’s from the first Julia Child cookbook I owned, From Julia Child’s Kitchen (1975), and it has been my standard apple pie ever since.
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26 September 2013: A French Apple Tart
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Oct 10, 2013 3:56 AM EDT
This time of year makes me wish for the apple-picking days of my youth. To pick some great apples you can get only this time of year (Ida Reds, Empires, Melrose)and bake them up in a tart like this the same afternoon would be heaven! But a trip to the produce department at Fresh Market will do just fine!
- Lynn Lilly
Jan 03, 2019 7:11 PM EST
where is the rest of the recipe???????
- Anonymous
Jan 04, 2019 4:37 AM EST
Uhm, it's right up there. You are probably looking only at the recipe for the pastry, which follows the full recipe for the tart.
Thank you for reading!
- Damon Fowler
Sep 06, 2021 6:51 AM EDT
The method for the pastry mentions sugar, but it is not in the ingredient list. Do you use sugar in the pastry and if so, how much?
- Mark Lipshutz
Sep 06, 2021 2:24 PM EDT
Mark, that's a typo. I don't know how my brain missed it. If you need a sweet pastry, you can add a couple of tablespoons to it, depending on what you're making. I almost never do, since a sweet feeling is usually sweet enough and a savory one doesn't need it. I've actually corrected the recipe accordingly.
- Damon Lee Fowler