French Apple Tart

From the Food Network

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 1 tart

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, cold
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2 -4  tablespoons water
• 6  apples, peeled, cored, halved, and sliced into 1/8 inch thick pieces
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter, unsalted and sliced thin
• 1⁄2 cup  apricot jam, heated and strained
• 2  cups vanilla ice cream

Directions

1. To make the pastry, blend flour, butter, and salt in a bowl until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
2. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of water evenly and incorporate gently with a fork - add more water if necessary.
3. Turn out pastry onto work surface, divide into 4 pieces and work into a disk. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap until firm - about one hour.