Shortcrust pastry
3 granny smith apples
3tbs brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Juice of one lemon
Chop apples add sugar cinnamon and lemon and leave to
sweat
Almond cream - 125g butter / 125g sugar / 1/2tsp vanilla / 2
eggs / 1tbs plain flour / 125g ground almonds
Nibbled almonds for the top
Beat butter until creamy. Add sugar and vanilla and beat. Add
eggs and flour and almonds.
Spread some jam on the pastry (i used home made
strawberry)
Drain apples and arrange evenly over bottom of pastry case.
Cover with the almond mixture sprinkle with flaked or nibbled
almonds.
Bake for 1 hour until golden. Allow to cool before turning out
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