Name: Country Apple Tart with Spiced Brown Butter
Yield: Makes 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

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Country Apple Tart with Spiced Brown ButterMark Thomas

This large rustic tart has hints of anise, cinnamon and clove, spices that are also found in the noted honey cake of Burgundy, pain d'épice. The apples can be roasted one day ahead so that the tart can be baked early in the day on Christmas Eve.

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