Nana's Apple Tart
Shared by Orla · 30 October 2026
The story behind the recipe
I have the fondest memories of my Nanas tarts on a Sunday in the 80s. My own Mam baked tarts with us for years. Right up to the day she died she was baking apple tarts. ( with my then 22month old). We were able to freeze what she made that day and enjoy them weeks after she passed when we celebrated our sons birthday which brought immense comfort to all of us that she was part of the day. My son now who is 10 has absolutely inherited the gift of making the most delicious pastry. For the last couple of weeks he's been making most of the cooking apples in our garden and making apple tarts for his lunch box! 4 generations and it's what anyone visiting our home looks forward to !
- Orla
Ingredients
250g Margarine 500g Plain Flour 1/2 cup cold water 8 tablespoons sugar I beaten egg 8 lrg cooking apples * bucket loads of memories baking with my own Nana & Mam. * lots of fun!
Method
We make 2 batches of pastry each of us at the same time. ( with my 10year old son) & make 2 large tarts 1. Heat oven to 200c 2. Only using cold utensils ( tip front my own Nana) rub 125g into 250g flour until looks like fine breadcrumbs. Only using finger tips( another tip passed down) 3. Add 1/4 cup of cold water and mix quickly with a cold knife. 4. Roll into ball sand place in fridge for a.n hour 5. Peel and chop cooking apples. 6. Line 2 tart dishes with margarine . 7. Cut pastry in 2 and roll out to size of tart dishes 8. Fill with apples and sprinkle with sugar. 9. Roll out other half of pastry and cover the apples. 10. Using a pastry brush paint top of tarts. 11. Using a fork pierce the top of the tarts. 12. Place both tarts in oven for 10 mins at 200c and a further 40 mins at 180c. 12. Remove from oven and once cooled enjoy with vanilla ice cream!
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