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Greek Apricot Jam Tart (Pasta Flora)

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This Jam Tart recipe was my mom’s idea, actually she has been asking me for days to make  it and since she is only here for a few more days, I said sure but we needed to find Apricot Jam. 🙂  As usual my mom wanted to do everything by herself so all I did was take the pictures and look after the tart while it was baking in the oven.  It was a cloudy, very chilly, windy day so natural light was definitely not in the cards for taking pictures. 🙂

Most Greek recipes almost always have many different versions…but this recipe that my mom made is truly much simpler to make.  I myself have made this tart with more added ingredients like almonds, vanilla extract  but it just wasn’t the same as the simple Jam Tart I already knew.  🙂  The homemade crust has a lovely buttery and crispy taste to it which I am sure if you love eating tarts you will love this. 🙂

GREEK APRICOT JAM TART (PASTA FLORA)

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Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 250 grams Apricot Jam
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 250 grams Butter at room temperature
  • 1 Egg and 1 extra Egg White
  • 1 shot Cognac
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 Lemon zest

Instructions
 

  • In a large bow add flour and sugar combine dry ingredients.
  • Add in the baking powder, egg , butter and lemon zest.
  • Continue by adding the shot of Cognac.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 widtStart 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.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

19 Comments

  2. dtills
    January 3, 2018 at 8:25 pm  ·  Reply
    Can your mom come over to my house and bake for me!!!! You can come too Sophie:)
  4. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    January 3, 2018 at 8:59 pm  ·  Reply
    Such a nice cake! Send regards to your mum :-) <3 She has an amazing daughter! :-) And... you are more than welcome with this cake here :-D :-D :-D I will be grateful eater!
  5. a little Swiss, a little Canadian
    January 4, 2018 at 2:59 am  ·  Reply
    Looks so yummy! Love apricot jam😋😍
  6. mistimaan
    January 4, 2018 at 6:36 am  ·  Reply
    Looks good Sophie :)
  7. chefkreso
    January 4, 2018 at 2:13 pm  ·  Reply
    Simple and delicious tart, looks just like the one my grandma used to make..
  8. Megala
    January 4, 2018 at 2:31 pm  ·  Reply
    Looks so beautiful & delicious !
  9. Karin, theaustriandish
    January 4, 2018 at 7:53 pm  ·  Reply
    That looks delicious - now I know one more recipe where I can use my homemade apricot jam :) Thanks for sharing, Sophie!
  10. Monika
    January 4, 2018 at 9:09 pm  ·  Reply
    Great recipe! Why not link it up to #CookBlogShare:)

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