French Apple Tart

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

Classic form and good looks are compulsory for a holiday centerpiece, but they don’t matter if the dessert falls apart when you serve it. We wanted integrity with the beauty.

SERVES 8

TIME 2½ hours, plus 1½ hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A classic French apple tart is little more than apples and pastry, but such simplicity means that imperfections like tough or mushy apples, unbalanced flavor, and sodden crust are hard to hide. In our recipe a quick and buttery pat-in-pan d...

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