Apple tart with Honey

125ml (120g) Margarine

125ml (60g) Castor sugar

1 Egg, lightly beaten

1 cup (150g) self-raising flour

½ tsp (2.5ml) baking powder

Pinch of salt

125ml (1/2 cup) milk

2 – 3 cooked apples, cut into slices

2 tbsp chopped walnuts or almonds

1 tbsp lemon peel, grated

Honey

2 tbsp (30ml) butter

2 tbsp honey

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180˚C and grease a square oven dish with butter.
2. Cream the margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and mix well.
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
4. Add the flour mixture and the milk to the creamed margarine slowly. Mix well as soon as all the ingredients have been added.
5. Add half of the dough to your oven dish and arrange your apple slices on top.
6. Sprinkle the chopped nuts over the apple and add the remaining dough.
7. Bake the tart for approximately 40 minutes.
8. Melt the butter and the honey together in a small pot and mix well.
9. Prick the tart crust when you remove from the oven and add the honey as well as the grated lemon peel.
10. Serve immediately with thick cream.

 

Pairs perfectly with our Ben Prins Cape Vintage.