
Apple pie ‘coupe soleil’
A delicious apple pie according to the Koopmans Professioneel recipe, with Jonagold apples and almond paste.Ingredients
1units.itemsKoopmans Professional Hard Viennese dough slice
1units.items24 cm tart pan
200gAlmond paste
2units.itemsEggs
60gButter
100gButter
80gGranulated sugar
650gJonagold apples
70gDr. Oetker Professional Mix for Pastry Cream
125mlWhipped cream
175mlSemi-skimmed milk
5mlRum
100gdecorative cane sugar
Preparation
- Grease the tart tin with some baking spray.
- Then line it with the pâte sablée.
- Prick some holes in the dough with a fork.
- In a mixer, beat the almond paste and butter and add the eggs one at a time.
- Mix until smooth.
- Transfer to a piping bag.
- Peel the apples, remove the core, and slice them thinly.
- Pipe the frangipane onto the base and place the apples on top.
- Sprinkle with melted butter and granulated sugar.
- Bake for about 50 minutes in an oven at 170°C.
- Remove the ring from the apple tart and bake without the ring for another 10 minutes. This will make the pastry nicely brown and crisp.
- Let cool.
- In a mixer, whip the pastry cream mix with the milk, heavy cream, and rum until it reaches a yogurt-like thickness.
- Transfer to a piping bag.
- Pipe the pastry cream onto the apple pie and smooth it nicely.
- Sprinkle with the cane sugar and caramelize it with a torch like a crème brûlée.
- Serve the pie within 15 minutes after caramelizing.



