Honey-Caramel Tart with Apricots and Almonds

Ingredients

• •1½ cups all purpose flour
• •½ cup semolina flour
• •¼ teaspoon salt
• •½ cup unsalted butter
• •⅓ cup golden brown sugar
• •2 tablespoons honey
• •1 teaspoon lemon peel
• •1 large egg
• •¾ cup golden brown sugar
• •¼ cup sugar
• •¼ cup unsalted butter
• •¼ cup honey
• •½ cup dried cherries
• •½ cup dried apricots
• •½ cup almonds
• •¼ cup dried cranberries
• •¼ cup whipping cream
• •1 can apricot halves
• •1 cup whipping cream
• •1 cup crème fraîche
• •note

Cooking Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk both flours and salt in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, honey, and lemon peel in another medium bowl to blend. Beat in egg. Add flour mixture; beat just to blend. Gather dough into ball. Roll out on floured surface to 1/4-inch-thick round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Press onto bottom and up sides of pan. Trim edges. Press edges so sides rise 1/4 inch above pan. Bake crust until golden brown, pressing with back of fork if bubbles form, about 13 minutes. Cool on rack.

   25 min

2. 2.

   Preheat oven to 350°F. Bring both sugars, butter, and honey to boil in heavy medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugars. Boil 1 minute without stirring; remove from heat. Stir in cherries, apricots, almonds, cranberries, and whipping cream. Transfer filling to cooled crust. Arrange apricot halves, cut side down, atop filling.

   15 min

3. 3.

   Bake tart until bubbling all over, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool on rack 15 minutes. Remove pan sides. Cool to lukewarm, about 1 hour.

   155 min

4. 4.

   Using electric mixer, beat cream until peaks form. Add crème fraîche and beat until peaks form. Serve tart slightly warm or at room temperature with crème fraîche.

   10 min