Chicken Apple Tart
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Difficulty:
easy
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Preparation:
30 min.
Preparation
ready in 2 h. 25 min.
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Ingredients
for
6
- For Pastry Dough
- ⅔ cup cold unsalted butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- For Filling
- 16 ozs Chicken breasts
- salt (to taste)
- freshly ground Black pepper (to taste)
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 lemon (juiced)
- 2 Tbsps grated lemon zest
- 1 tsp fresh ginger (freshly grated)
- 2 cloves garlic cloves (peeled and crushed)
- 2 Leeks
- 2 Tbsps butter
- 2 Tbsps fresh parsley (chopped)
- 2 Tbsps Curry powder
- ⅔ cup Chicken broth
- 2 tsps Corn starch
- 1 cup Sour cream
- 3 eggs (slightly beaten)
- ½ cup grated Cheddar cheese
- 1 large Apple (washed; cored and cut into slices)
- 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice
Preparation steps
1.
Cut the butter into small cubes. In a large bowl, combine the butter, flour and salt. Using your hands or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until it is pea size. Add the egg, using your hands to knead the dough into a ball. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
2.
Meanwhile, rinse the chicken under cold running water and blot dry with paper towels and cut into strips. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, lemon rind, ginger and crushed garlic. Set aside.
3.
Trim and wash the leeks; cut into rings. In a skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter. and add the chicken strips and saute until lightly browned on all sides. Remove from skillet and set aside. Add the leeks to the skillet and saute until slightly softened. Stir in the parsley and curry powder.
4.
Combine the chicken broth and cornstarch, mixing until smooth. Pour broth over the leeks and bring to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
5.
In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and eggs together, season with salt and pepper and fold in the cheese.
6.
Preheat the oven to 400º F. Roll the dough out thinly on a lightly floured work surface. Line a tart pan with with the dough; trimming any excess dough from the edges. Add chicken and vegetables.
7.
Coat the prepared apple slices with lemon juice and spread over the chicken and vegetable mixture. Pour the sour cream mixture over the top and bake for about 45 minutes or until done. Cut into wedges and serve.
