Name: Sticky apple and kumquat tart
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 30 ml water; 30 g butter; 60 g sugar; 1/2 tsp cinnamon ground; 2 apples peeled, thinly sliced; 5 kumquats thinly sliced; 400 g puff pastry

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Ingredients (7)

For the sauce:

30 ml	water
30 g	butter
60 g	sugar
1/2 tsp	cinnamon — ground

For the tart:

2	apples — peeled, thinly sliced
5	kumquats — thinly sliced
400 g	puff pastry

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Melt the sugar, butter and water together.
Mix well, and when it starts to thicken, after 2 minutes, add the apples and cook for 5 minutes.
Remove the apples, and add the kumquats to the pan.
Cook until the sauce becomes syrupy, about another 5 minutes and leave to cool.
Place the puff pastry onto a greased tray, fold the sides up, and cross the area in which you will be putting the fruit.
Place the apples and kumquats onto the criss crossed part of the pastry.
Pour any remaining syrup over the fruit.
Sprinkle with sugar.
Brush milk along the sides for a brown finish.
Bake in the oven until the puff pastry is crisp, about 20-25 minutes.
Serve with plain vanilla icecream.

Reprinted with permission of How to Cook an Elephant.
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