Categories: Pie- Cobbler- Cheesecake- tarts

Ingredients

• For the pastry:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• a small pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. superfine sugar
• 10 Tbsp. butter
• 1 whole egg
• 2 egg yolks
• For the Filing:
• 14 ripe apricots, or 6 peaches or 6 very ripe pears, peeled
• 24 amaretti biscuits (cookies), broken into small pieces
• Grated zest of 1 lemon

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Make the pastry: Sift the flour, salt and sugar into a large bowl. Rub in the butter. Add the egg and egg yolks and knead lightly to make a smooth dough. (This can also be make in a food processor.) Wrap in plastic film and put to rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

3. While the pastry is resting, prepare the filling:

4. Halve and pit the apricots and put them in a bowl with the amaretti and lemon zest.

5. Roll out pastry and use to line a 10-incnh flan dish or tart pan. Add the filling, arranging apricots rounded side up.

6. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold.

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