Name: Apple and prune brioche tart
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 7 gm dried yeast (about 1 sachet); 2 tbsp warm milk; 275 gm plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 40 gm caster sugar; 3 eggs; 175 gm softened butter, coarsely chopped; For brushing: eggwash; 4 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced; 80 gm pitted prunes; 110 gm raw sugar (½ cup); For dusting: pure icing sugar

Apple and prune brioche tart

Australian Gourmet Traveller French alpine recipe for apple and prune brioche tart.

Serves 8

Prep

30M

Cook

40M

Total

1H 10M

This brioche tart is delicious served straight from the oven with cream or ice-cream for dessert, but it also makes an indulgent breakfast. Simply serve it with a cup of good coffee.

Ingredients

7 gm dried yeast (about 1 sachet)

2 tbsp warm milk

275 gm plain flour, plus extra for dusting

40 gm caster sugar

3 eggs

175 gm softened butter, coarsely chopped

For brushing: eggwash

4 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced

80 gm pitted prunes

110 gm raw sugar (½ cup)

For dusting: pure icing sugar

Method

Main

1.Combine yeast and milk in a small bowl, stir to dissolve yeast and set aside until foamy (5-7 minutes). Combine yeast mixture, flour, sugar, eggs and 1 tsp fine sea salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook and mix until dough is smooth and elastic (8-10 minutes). Add butter a little at a time, allowing each addition to be incorporated before adding the next, and beat until dough is smooth and glossy (2-3 minutes), then cover dough with a tea towel and set aside in a warm place until doubled in size (1½-2 hours).

2.Knock back dough, place on a lightly buttered and floured baking tray and shape into a 25cm-diameter circle. Cover loosely with a tea towel and set aside in a warm place until doubled in size (50 minutes-1 hour).

3. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 220C. Brush top of brioche with eggwash, scatter with apples and prunes, then sprinkle with sugar. Bake until golden (35-40 minutes). Dust with icing sugar and serve warm.