| Jam Tart with Almond Crumble 2
cups sliced almonds Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Reserve ¼ cup almonds in a bowl for topping. Finely grind remaining 1 ¾ cups of nuts with sugar in a food processor. Add butter, flour, and salt, then process until mixture resembles sand. Add 1 cup flour mixture to reserved almonds. Add beaten egg to remaining flour mixture and pulse until mixture begins to clump together. Transfer mixture from processor to a 9 x 1 round tart pan with a removable bottom. Press mixture with floured fingers onto bottom and up side of pan and bake in the middle of oven for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, stir jam to loose. Rub reserved almond mixture in bowl between your palms to form small clumps. Remove tart shell form oven and spread jam over bottom. Sprinkle almond mixture over jam and bake tart 15 minutes. Cool tart in pan on a rack. Loosen side of pan with a knife, and then remove it. Makes approximately 8 servings. |
