Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, greek apricot jam tart (pasta flora). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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 I remember my aunt making it quite often when I was a child and my first memory of tasting pasta flora is tasting hers. Store the tart uncovered, in a dry, cool place to prevent it from getting soggy.
Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook greek apricot jam tart (pasta flora) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora):
- Prepare 3 cups All Purpose Flour
- Make ready 250 grams Apricot Jam
- Prepare 1/2 cup Sugar
- Prepare 250 grams Butter at room temperature
- Prepare 1 Egg and 1 extra Egg White
- Get 1 shot Cognac
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- Get 1 Lemon zest
Jam choice is completely up to you. The most well-known pasta flora filling to me is apricot jam with it's gorgeous sunshiny orange glow and pictured. SEE ALSO Chocolate and Pear Tart. Pasta flora is actually a well loved Greek jam tart, made with whatever jam you fancy.
Steps 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!!! 🙂
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. Looking for a traditional Greek jam tart recipe? Find out how to make this pasta flora dessert using your favorite kind of jam and wake up the whole To prepare the jam tart, start by softening the butter, being careful not to burn it. Pasta frola (Greek: πάστα φλώρα), is a type of sweet tart common to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Egypt and Greece.
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