ingredients serve 4 .

500gr puff pastry

1 medium egg seperated 1 teasepoon vanilla extract

50gr pine nuts

4 fresh apricot halved stoned and sliced iceng sugar for dusting .

method

preheat the oven to 190 degrees celcius / gas 5 .

Roll out the pastry on a lightly flavoured surface and cut out 24cm disc and place in a 24cm tart tin , cut the rest of the pastry intio 3 stripes , flatten with a rolling pin brush with the cold water and stick flat to the edges of the pastry disc . Prick the pastry base and cook for 15 minutes. Prick the pastry base and cook for 15 minutes.

Whish the egg yolk sugar and vanilla extract and pale and thick , add the pine nuts whish the egg white until stiff , then fold in the yolk mixture , spoon into the pastry and pale into the pastry case scatter over the apricots and bake for 35 minutes until crisp and golden , dust with icing sugar and serve .

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