Cinnamon Raisin Apple Kuchen
Description: Make and share this Cinnamon Raisin Apple Kuchen recipe from Food.com.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 hard-boiled egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg white, beaten to blend
- 3 large granny smith apples, peeled and cored
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup raisins or 1/4 cup currants
Steps:
- Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375.
- Butter a 9-inch tart pan with 1 1/2 inch high sides and removeable bottom. (I use a springform pan) Set aside.
- For crust:.
- Blend flour, butter, sour cream, 1 T sugar, hard-boiled egg yolk, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, till mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Transfer all but 1/2 cup of mixture to prepared pan.
- Press mixture evenly into the bottom and up the sides of the pan.
- Bake 10 minutes. Brush with egg white.
- Continue baking till brown, about 15 minutes.
- Transfer to rack.
- Reduce oven temp to 350.
- Add remaining 2 T of sugar to reserved mixture in bowl and blend. Chill crumb mixture till ready to use.
- For Filling:.
- Thinly slice apples.
- Mix sugar, sour cream, egg yolks, flour, vanilla and cinnamon till smooth (referred to in later steps as "custard").
- Arrange half the apple slices, overlapping slightly, in concentric circles on prepared crust.
- Sprinkle half the raisins or currants over.
- Repeat procedure with remaining apple slices and raisins.
- Spoon custard mixture over apples, lifting apples slightly and smoothing custard between slices.
- Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over top.
- Place pan on cookie sheet. Bake till custard is set, covering edges of crust with foil if browning too quickly, about 65 minutes.
- Let stand 10 minutes. Remove sides of pan. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or cream fraiche. Or just as is :).
