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Ingredients
For crust and base:

2-1/2 cups plain flour
100 gms. Chilled unsalted butter
2-3 pinches salt
2 tbsp. sugar ground

For topping:

1 cup chilled cream
2 tbsp. sugar

For filling:

4 firm ripe apples chopped
1/3 cup sugar
2 pinches cinnamon powder
2 pinches nutmeg powder
1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
1 med.lemon juice extracted

Method

Sieve flour, sugar, salt together into a large cold bowl. Cut in cold butter quickly, so that it
won't melt .Mix in with light fingers, till mixture is like breadcrumb.Keep one third of this
mixture aside in refrigerator.

Add a few tbsp. icecold water, by sprinkling over remaining flour. Mix and form a smooth
dough, but try to work quickly, with minimum handling. Wrap dough in a clean polythene
sheet or cling film. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or till required.

Remove pastry dough, knead very lightly on flour-dusted clean surface. Roll into 1/4 inch
thick large round. Prick well all over with fork, flip, prick otherside. Cut oversized rounds
for greased tarts cases or muffin trays.

Press a round into a tart case, press well into mould. Trim edges and remove any extra
dough.

Bake blind in preheated oven at 200oC for 20-25 minutes, or till light golden.

Remove, keep aside on mesh to cool.