Speculaas Tart With Almond Filling

"This recipe looks spectacular! Use a two-inch gingerbread-man cutter to make the cookies for the topping. Taken from Epicurious.com and posted for ZWT."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
19
Yields:
1 tart
Serves:
12-16

ingredients

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directions

  • For filling:.
  • Blend first 8 ingredients in processor until nuts are finely chopped.
  • Transfer to small bowl.
  • Cover; chill at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
  • For dough:.
  • Sift first 6 ingredients into medium bowl.
  • Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until blended; beat in egg.
  • Add flour mixture and beat until moist clumps form.
  • Gather dough into ball; divide into 2 pieces, 1 slightly larger than the other. Flatten dough into disks; wrap and chill at least 2 hours. (Can be made 2 days ahead; keep chilled. Soften slightly before rolling.).
  • Preheat oven to 325°F
  • Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan.
  • Roll out larger dough piece on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to pan and press gently over bottom and up sides, pressing any tears together.
  • Spread filling in dough.
  • Trim dough on sides to 1/2 inch above level of filling.
  • Fold dough in over filling.
  • Roll out second dough disk on lightly floured surface to 12- to 13-inch round.
  • Using bottom of cake pan as aid, cut out 9-inch-diameter round of dough. Slide dough round onto plate and freeze 5 minutes to firm. (Reserve dough scraps for cookies.)
  • Place chilled dough round on tart; press to adhere and seal edges.
  • Bake tart until crust is brown, about 50 minutes.
  • Remove sides of springform pan; cool tart completely on pan bottom. Maintain oven temperature.
  • Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Roll out dough scraps on lightly floured surface to scant 1/4-inch thickness.
  • Using 2-inch gingerbread-man cutter, cut out cookies.
  • Transfer cutouts to prepared sheets. Repeat, using all of dough.
  • Bake cookies until golden, about 8 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets. (Tart and cookies can be made ahead; cover and store at room temperature 1 day or refrigerate up to 3 days.).
  • Sift powdered sugar over top of tart.
  • Place small dab of preserves on back of 1 cookie; place at top edge of tart; repeat with more cookies, forming border around tart.
  • Transfer tart to platter.
  • Let stand at room temperature at least 1 hour.

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  1. Made this a few days ago and it is already gone! This is fabulous and I am keeping this in the back of my mind for Christmas. I come from a dutch background and it reminded me of something my Oma used to make. The only thing I may change in the future is the spices - I looked at recipes for speculaas spice mix which also include cardamom and white pepper so i may try adding those in next time (as the recipe as stated didn't quite have the right mix). I also decorated with whole blanched almonds on top and added an egg yolk wash over it. Didn't use powdered sugar at all.
     
  2. Just what I was looking for!! I love almond desserts and this was perfect for me! No trouble to prepare at all and the results were so worth it. Will be making again when I need my almond tart fix! ZWT6
     
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