‘Date Night’ Apple and Date Tartlet

The perfect ‘date’ night recipe by Kate Preston.

 Ingredients:

• 100g pitted dates
• 1 apple, finely sliced into long segments
• 2tsp sugar
• Pinch cinnamon
• 75g plain flour
• 25g butter
• Pinch of salt
• Approx. 50ml cold water

Method:

1. Soak dates in a bowl of boiling water for 20 mins whilst you make your pastry. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
2. In a bowl rub together the flour salt and butter until it resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Add cold water a splash at a time. Your pastry dough should be damp enough to combine but dry enough to roll and shape.
4. Use a rolling pin to roll out your pastry dough until 1cm thick, and mould into ramekins.
5. Blitz the dates, cinnamon and sugar in a blender until it resembles a smooth paste.
6. Spoon the date mixture into the pastry tartlets and top with the apple slices.
7. Bake in the oven until golden.

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