Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, greek apricot jam tart (pasta flora). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Apricot jam tart or Greek pasta flora is ideal for breakfast or with your afternoon coffee or tea. Its buttery and crumbly dough that melts in your mouth makes a perfect pair with the sweetness of the jam on top of it. You can use whatever jam you prefer and you can make it in any size you like.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook greek apricot jam tart (pasta flora) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora):
- Take 3 cups All Purpose Flour
- Get 250 grams Apricot Jam
- Prepare 1/2 cup Sugar
- Take 250 grams Butter at room temperature
- Prepare 1 Egg and 1 extra Egg White
- Prepare 1 shot Cognac
- Get 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Prepare 1 Lemon zest
Greeks aren't big on breakfast, but a slice of this is a favourite mid-morning. Instead of the vanilla, you can use brandy for an authentic Greek touch. Jams that work well for pasta flora? Try apricot, plum, strawberry or fig for starters!
Instructions to make Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora):
- In a large bow add flour and sugar combine dry ingredients.
- Add in the baking powder, egg, butter and lemon zest.
- Continue by adding the shot of Cognac.
- Mix all the ingredients by hand until it becomes a fluffy dough. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Once the dough has cooled, separate about 100 grams of the dough to make the dough stripes that will be layered. Roll out the rest of the dough and place it into the tart pan so this becomes a tart shell.
- We usually make our own Jam but since Apricots are not in season, we found ready made apricot jam in the super market today. You can use any fruit jam you enjoy eating. Spread jam nicely in shell.
- Roll out the remaining dough into flat stripes, or you can make ropes by rolling the small pieces of dough with your hands. (These should be approximately about 1/2 finger’s width) Start layering strips on top of the jam. With the extra egg white brush lightly over stripes to get that golden brown color. 🙂 - - Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees and bake for 1 hour. - - Kali Orexi!!! 🙂
Great recipe for Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora). This Jam Tart recipe was my mom's idea, actually she has been asking me for days to make it and since she is only here for a few more days, I said sure but we needed to find Apricot Jam. 🙂 As usual my mom wanted to do everything by herself. Pasta Flora with apricot jam is the simplest and most classic Greek tart recipe. Sift together the flour and the baking powder into a bowl. Cream the butter with an electric mixer.
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