Apricot Pie (tarte alsacienne aux abricots) Recipe

Ingredients :

8 oz short crust pastry

1.5lb fresh apricots

5 oz castor sugar

2 oz flour

2 eggs

4 fl oz cream

Line a 10-in flan dish with the short crust pastry. Wash and cut the apricots into halves and remove their stones. Arrange them, touching each other, in circles round the dish and sprinkle with 1 oz of the castor sugar. Mix the flour and the remaining sugar in a bowl and work in the eggs. Then stir in the cream and pour this custard over the apricots. Bake in a hot oven 220C, 425F, Gas 7 for 25-30 minutes. Serve cold.

Serves 6

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