Apple Brazil Nut Squares

Recipe Ingredients

		Pastry
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
3 tablespoons	45ml	Sugar
3/4 cup	148g / 5.2oz	Butter or margarine - cut up
1		Egg - slightly beaten
1 tablespoon	15ml	Fresh lemon juice
4 tablespoons	60ml	Water - iced
		Filling
6		Egg yolks
3/4 cup	148g / 5.2oz	Sugar
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
3/4 cup	69g / 2.4oz	Brazil nuts -or- almonds - pulverized
1/3 cup	53g / 1.9oz	Dark -or- light raisins
3 cups	711ml	Tart apples - shredded
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Cinnamon
6 tablespoons	90ml	Apricot jam
6 tablespoons	90ml	Butter or margarine - melted
		Serve With
		Slightly sweetened whipped - cream
		Toasted slivered almonds

Recipe Instructions

Mix flour and sugar in bowl. Cut butter into mixture until pieces are the size of peas. Blend the egg, lemon juice and 3 tbls water.

Sprinkle over the dry ingredients. Toss with fork until four is moistened. Press into a ball. Add last tbls of water if needed. Roll pastry into a 9x13" baking pan, building the edge up about 1". In small bowl, beat egg yolks until fluffy.

Add sugar and salt. Beat at high speed until thick and lemon colored. Blend in the nuts and raisins. Fold in the apples and cinnamon. Spread apricot jam over the pastry. Top with apple-nut

mixture. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Drizzle with melted butter.

Return to oven. Bake 15-20 minutes longer until top is golden. Cut into squares. Serve warm with slightly sweetened whipped cream and garnished with almonds.

Source:
the California Culinary Academy

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