Country Apple Tart with Spiced Brown Butter

Name: Country Apple Tart with Spiced Brown Butter
Yield: 12 Servings
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 2 large egg yolks, beaten to blend; Nonstick vegetable oil spray; Nonstick vegetable oil spray; 5 1/2 pounds medium Braeburn or Golden Delicious apples (about 15), peeled, cored, quartered; 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 6 tablespoons sugar; 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter; 1 large vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 6 whole cloves; 3 whole star anise*; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 large eggs; 1/2 cup sugar; 3 tablespoons all purpose flour; 1/8 teaspoon salt; Vanilla ice cream; * Brown star-shaped seed pods available at Asian markets and specialty foods stores and in the spice section of some supermarkets.

By Jeanne Thiel KelleyPhotographer Mark Thomas

November 30, 2001

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