Fragipane tart

Recipe I got from supermarket leaflet. I don’t even know what fragipane means, but it is quick, easy, and my wife loves it.

Ingredients:

  • 1-2 sheets of sweet short pastry
  • 100g softened butter
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1 cup of ground almonds (or almond meal)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2-3 cans of preserved apricots, plums or peaches
  • vanilla essence
  • (optional) jam and sliced almonds for decoration

Directions:

  • preheat the oven for 180 degrees
  • make fragipane filling by creaming butter with suggar and vanilla, then add both eggs one at the time
  • fold in flour and ground almonds
  • prepare tart case by greasing it and/or lining it with baking paper, then line with pastry
  • fill case with fragipane, and put preserved fruit on top
  • bake for 35-40 minutes
  • (optional) after tart cooled down, brush with jam and sprinkle sliced almonds

Tips

  • When using almond meal as opposed to ground almonds, reduce the amount a bit, or introduce a little bit more liquid, be it more butter, a bit of spread (more liquidy than butter), or a tiny bit of milk, otherwise your cake will be stodgy.