moroccan orange and date tart
I went to Morocco and being a Cooking Instructor I went crazy trying out all the food and making sure I got recipes! Moroccans have a sweet tooth and besides all the pastries and Baklava I found this tart. It is sweet but devine! It may seem a long process but basically its a pie crust, a filling and a topping. I have headed each stage on the ingredient list. It is one of my popular desserts......
prep time
1 Hr
cook time
50 Min
method
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yield
6 - Depending on size - quantities may vary
Ingredients
- - pastry
- 450 grams cake flour
- 150 grams castor sugar
- 300 grams butter
- 1 large egg - beaten
- - filling
- 4 large eggs
- 150 grams castor sugar
- 180 milliliters fresh cream
- 1 - juice of 1 orange
- - grated zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
- - topping
- 5 - teabags - ceylon is best
- 150 grams castor sugar
- 3 sticks cinnamon - about 5cm each
- 6 - oranges - firm - peeled and sliced in circles
- 150 grams chopped dates
- 150 grams flaked almonds - lightly toasted
- 30 milliliters lemon juice
How To Make moroccan orange and date tart
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Step 1PASTRY: Place dry ingredients into a bowl,rub in butter with fingertips - mixture should be like coarse breadcrumbs. Add egg and mix to form stiff dough. (Can be made in food processor). Roll into ball and refridgerate for 20 minutes. Grease and line 2 x 22cm Pie dishes - Roll out pastry and line pie dishes - bake blind for about 15-20 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 degrees celsius and set aside to cool.
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Step 2FILLING: Whisk eggs and sugar until creamy. Add remaining ingredients and pour into cooled pie shells and bake in preheated oven - 180 degrees celsius - until puffed and golden - 25 -30 minutes. Keep an eye on oven.
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Step 3TOPPING: Heat 500ml water and teabags in a saucepan. Simmer gently for 5 minutes - remove teabags. Add sugar and cinnamon to tea and simmer for 5 minutes more. Add orange slices and Lemon juice and simmer gently 3 more minutes - remove the orange slices gently with a slotted spoon. Allow liquid to simmer until reduced and a nice syrup is formed.
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Step 4TO SERVE: Arrange orange slices in overlapping circles on top of baked tart - Brush gently with the syrup. Sprinkle with chopped dates and toasted Almonds. Serve slices of the tart with plain yogurt or whipped cream, Garnish with grated orange zest.
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