Ingredients

For the dough
• - 180g cake flour or plain flour
• - 130g unsalted butter
• - 30g almond powder
• - 100g white sugar
• - 1 egg yolk
• - a dash of salt

For the filling
• - I used 3 apples here, about 550g - cut into big pieces
• - 2.5~3 tbsp brown sugar
• - 1 loaf of shokupan white bread (~70g) - cut into small cubes
• - 1/2~1 tsp cinnamon powder
• - 1 tbsp almond powder

Instructions

• *1.*_Make the tart crust_
• Add plain flour, sugar, almond powder and salt into your food processor. Pulse several times to mix, then add butter and pulse until the mixture comes together. Add egg yolk and pulse again for a few seconds. Do not overmix after adding the egg yolk.
• 2. Transfer into a bowl and finish mixing with a spatula. Pull a sheet of saran wrap on your working surface. Transfer the dough and cover it from all sides with the wrap. Chill in the fridge until firm.
• 3. Take the dough out from the fridge and cut it in 2 halves. Take one of them and put the other back in the fridge for now. Place the dough on a saran wrap and cover it with a second one. Using a rolling pin, roll it out to a 3 to 4mm thickness.
• 4. Cut it out with a 18cm diameter ring, remove any excess dough around. Remove the ring and cover with a saran wrap. Put both aside in the fridge : circle and excess.
• 5. Butter the ring and set aside. Take out the second dough half from the fridge and cover it with saran wrap. Roll it out to 3 to 4mm thickness, then cut it with the same 18cm diameter ring. Remove the excess dough. Let the circle set in the fridge as is.
• 6. Put together all the excess dough and roll it out into a rectangle. We will use it to cover the sides of the mold. Before you cut it, first put it in the fridge until lightly firm : if it's too hard it will break easily. Cut a band that fits the ring's height. Repeat until you cover all sides. When it becomes too soft, put it back in the fridge/freezer for a couple of minutes.
• 7. Smoothen the junction with a finger wrapped in film, and then chill until firm.
• 8. Meanwhile let's make the filling :
• In a frying-pan, add apple and brown sugar (no oil). Cook for 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat. I prefer not cooking them too much :)
• 9. Transfer the filling into a bowl and let it cool to room temperature. Once cooled, add almond powder, cinnamon powder, white bread (30g) and mix well. Set aside.
• 10. Now take the dough base (from #5) out of the fridge and cut off any excess over the ring top. Prick holes with a fork. Place the rest of the bread (40g) on the bottom of the pie. Add the apple filling over the bread.
• 11. Cover with the other dough circle from #4. Bake 50 minutes at 180℃.
• 12. Remove from the oven and let it cool down on the baking tray, until it cooled.
• 13. Once it has cooled, transfer on a wire rack. Remove the ring.
• 14 Ready to serve! I love adding a scoop of ice cream or simply whipped cream on each slice :-)