Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora)
Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora)

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Apricot jam tart or Greek pasta flora is ideal for breakfast or with your afternoon coffee or tea. Its buttery and crumbly dough that melts in your mouth makes a perfect pair with the sweetness of the jam on top of it. You can use whatever jam you prefer and you can make it in any size you like.

Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek apricot jam tart (pasta flora) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora):
  1. Prepare 3 cups All Purpose Flour
  2. Make ready 250 grams Apricot Jam
  3. Take 1/2 cup Sugar
  4. Take 250 grams Butter at room temperature
  5. Get 1 Egg and 1 extra Egg White
  6. Make ready 1 shot Cognac
  7. Get 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  8. Get 1 Lemon zest

You can either make one jam tart, or individual little tarts, using the appropriate sized trays. To make one jam tart separate the dough in two pieces; use the one half to form the bottom of the tart. Dust a work surface and a rolling pin with flour. Combine the butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla extract together in the bowl of a table top mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.

Steps to make Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora):
  1. In a large bow add flour and sugar combine dry ingredients.
  2. Add in the baking powder, egg, butter and lemon zest.
  3. Continue by adding the shot of Cognac.
  4. Mix all the ingredients by hand until it becomes a fluffy dough. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  5. Once the dough has cooled, separate about 100 grams of the dough to make the dough stripes that will be layered. Roll out the rest of the dough and place it into the tart pan so this becomes a tart shell.
  6. We usually make our own Jam but since Apricots are not in season, we found ready made apricot jam in the super market today. You can use any fruit jam you enjoy eating. Spread jam nicely in shell.
  7. Roll out the remaining dough into flat stripes, or you can make ropes by rolling the small pieces of dough with your hands. (These should be approximately about 1/2 finger’s width) Start layering strips on top of the jam. With the extra egg white brush lightly over stripes to get that golden brown color. 🙂 - - Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees and bake for 1 hour. - - Kali Orexi!!! 🙂

Pasta Flora aka Apricot Jam Tart. No, The Greek Vegan hasn't gone Italian - pasta flora is a delightful traditional jam tart and one of the most delicious, authentic sweet treats of Greece! A light, cookie-like crust with jam filling, this positively lovely dessert is found in Greek bakeries all over the world and can be on your table in less than an hour using ingredients. Despite the name - Pasta flora - this is not a pasta dish! Pasta flora is actually a well loved Greek jam tart, made with whatever jam you fancy.

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