Apple Rose Tart with Maple Custard and Walnut Crust (Gluten Free)
Your guests will be wowed by this gorgeous apple rose tart, with a toasty walnut crust and a silky sweet maple custard filling. And it's gluten-free!
Do you guys know Hip Foodie Mom? She's one of my favoritest bloggers ever!
This week she is moving herself and her whole family alllllll the way from Seattle, Washington to Madison, Wisconsin.
I KNOW!
Kind of a big deal. Far. And a whole different sort of scene. Not to mention climate.
She's kinda got her hands full right now, so I've been invited to fill in for the day! Woot!
I'm totally psyched to be guest posting for Alice. I made her this tart as a pseudo-housewarming gift. It came out really pretty!
And tasty!
And it's gluten-free!
So hop on over to Hip Foodie Mom and check it out! She's got the recipe and lots more pretty pictures. Say hi! Tell her Allie sent you 😉
Update: Alice was kind enough to allow me to share the recipe with you here! No extra clicking required! Thanks a bunch, Alice!
*Update: It has been brought to my attention that the idea for an apple rose tart originates with the legendary French pastry chef Alain Passard.
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Apple Rose Tart with Maple Custard and Walnut Crust (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
For the Walnut Crust
- 2 ½ cups (292.5 g) walnut pieces
- 4 tablespoons (59.15 g) unsalted butter, (half a stick), melted
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg white, (large)
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
For the Maple Custard
- 1 ½ cups (354.88 ml) milk
- 6 egg yolks, (large)
- ½ cup (118.29 ml) pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup (32 g) cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Apple topping
- 3 fresh apples, (approximately) quartered, cored, and sliced very thin (keep in lemon water until ready to use)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, (juice of 1 fresh lemon)added to a large bowl of cold water
- ¼ cup (59.15 ml) honey, optional
Instructions
Make the Walnut Crust:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a food processor or chopper, pulse the walnuts until they are finely chopped, and the pieces are about the size of breadcrumbs.
- Place the chopped nuts in a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients, tossing together with a fork.
- Press the mixture evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch tart pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool completely, then fill with maple custard and top with apples.
Make the Maple Custard:
- Pour the milk into a small pot and place over medium heat until small bubbles form around the edges.
- Slowly pour the hot milk over the egg mixture, while whisking, to warm the eggs.
- Transfer the mixture back to the pot and place over low heat.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture becomes very thick.
- Turn off the heat, add the vanilla, and strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a heat safe bowl.
- Place plastic wrap directly onto the surface and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Assemble the Apple Rose Tart:
- Spread the maple custard in the walnut tart shell.
- Warm the apple slices in the microwave until pliable.
- Roll a slice of apple into a tight spiral and stand it up vertically in the custard.
- Continue to arrange apple slices in a concentric pattern around the first one, building a rose pattern.
- Repeat until the top of the tart is completely covered with apple roses.
- Brush honey over the apples, for shine (optional).
This is absolutely the most beautiful apple tart I have ever seen! I am allergic to walnuts but I can eat pecans and or hazelnuts, I am from Italy and we use a simple vanilla custard but the idea of maple sounds wonderful.
I am glint to try creating a variation and posting to my food blog, I will credit you for the original version and also include links to your recipe and blog.
Thank you for such a wonderful idea for the fall and holiday season.
Sounds wonderful, Annette! Lots of luck to you, and thank you so much for the sweet compliments!
Absolutely amazing and beautiful..and gluten free to boot. Love it!
Thanks Judee! I'm so happy you like the post. Thanks for reading and for the sweet comment!
Oh my. Allie, you've really outdone yourself. This tart is gorgeous, and I'm so excited to see what it's a gluten-free option, too! I'm heading over to Hip Foodie Mom right now for the recipe 🙂
Thanks Nora! I think you will really love Alice's blog... have fun!
I can't believe how beautiful this is. I really would have a hard time cutting into it! 😉 Gorgeous!
Thank you Melanie! I'm so happy you like it... 🙂
SO FREAKING INCREDIBLE ALLIE!!!! I'm sorry...I just got a little too excited over this elegant and beautiful tart. But really...Wow!!
Aww, thanks, Vane! That means so much coming from such a talented baker as yourself. So happy you liked and thanks for the awesome comment!
This rose custard is lovely! I saw this on foodgawker and had to click on it! I love the fact it is gluten free. I am going to make this with my own almond flour crust. Your photos are inspiring. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Ester, for the great compliment! I'm inspired every day by what I see on sites like Foodgawker; it's nice to know I can return the favor every once in a while. Thanks for popping over and good luck with your tart! 🙂
Wow! This is gorgeous. I saw it on foodgawker and had to pop over! Just lovely.
Thanks so much, Kelly! I'm so glad you decided to drop by! I hope to see you here again sometime. 😀
This is simply STUNNING Allie! Those apple roses are perfect and look just like a beautiful bouquet of real flowers! It sounds incredibly delicious too with the walnut crust and maple custard! What a fantastic post and perfect pseudo-housewarming gift 🙂
Aw, thanks! I just love desserts that are pretty to look at and I couldn't wait to try this idea, I just knew as soon as I saw it on Pinterest that it would be happening, in my kitchen!
this is so beautiful! amazing! 🙂
Thank you so much, Magda! I'm so happy to hear that. Thanks so much for reading!
This is seriously stunning my friend!! I've been gushing all day long over it and can't get over how beautiful those apple roses are. And the tart itself sounds so amazing....maple custard and walnut crust. Perfect combination!!
Thank you, sweetie! I couldn't wait to give it a try- I had pinned it months ago and couldn't wait 'til fall so I could give it a whirl!
Amazingly beautiful Allie! 🙂
Allie this is drop dead gorgeous! Seriously, I can't get over how pretty it is!
Thanks, Mimi, you're so sweet! I couldn't wait to give it a try after I'd seen it on Pinterest... it was fun to put together!
I totally gushed all over this tart over at Alice's blog. You knocked it out of the park with this stunner, Allie. It's beyond gorgeous!
Aw, thank you so much Nancy! Now I have to go back again so I can see your comment ;P Hope you're having a fun week!
This looks amazing, I'm definitely checking the recipe right now!
Thank you, Consuelo! I hope you enjoy it! xo
Allie,
Thank you again for this absolutely gorgeous tart .. . I am totally going to make this recipe!!! I love it!!! just stunning!!
Thank you, Alice, for inviting me to post on your blog! I'm so happy you like the recipe!
perhaps the most beautiful dessert i've ever seen-- it's a stunner 🙂 pinning right now!!
Wow, thank you so much, Jennifer! I'm so happy you liked it so much, thanks for reading and thanks for sharing with your Pinterest followers! 😀
Allie, i can't find the recipe for the apple tart. Could you please post it.
Terri I linked to it more than once in the post. I think if you go back and look again you'll see it no problem. 😉