Torta di Sant'Antonio

 

An apple red wine tart, flavoured with cinnamon.

Made in the Italian alpine village of Oulx to honour the town's patron Sant' Antonio.

- Recipe for the Pastry

2 cups of flour 

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp baking powder 

6 tbsps cold butter cut into pieces

1/2 cup milk

2 egg yolks 

Rub butter into the flour till it looks like breadcrumbs. Add1 tbsp sugar and baking powder. 

Whisk eggs and milk. Mix into the flour. 

Knead into a smooth ball. Chill 1 hour. 

- Recipe for the Filling mixture

1 1/4 cups of red wine

1 tsp cinnamon

5 tbsp sugar 

4 apples thinly sliced

Zest 1 orange

In a pot simmer -

Apple slices

Sugar

Orange zest/cinnamon

Wine

For about half an hour till the wine has turned to a syrup.

Leave to cool.

Roll out the pastry and place in the baking dish . Let the dough hang over the sides. Trim. Fill with the apple mixture and fold over sides of dough.

Cover the bottom with baking paper, or grease the dish.

Sprinkle with sugar.

Bake 180oC for about half an hour.

If you're artistic form leaves and flowers with the dough trimmings and decorate the tart before baking.

Good luck and Bon Appetit