Apple Frangipane Tart

== Description ==
Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group
Recipe Location: CDKitchen
* Recipe ID: 38388
* Serves/Makes: 8
* Difficulty Level: 4
* Ready In: 1 - 2 hrs
== Ingredients ==
* 4 ounces Neufchatel cheese, softened
* ¾ cup sugar, divided
* 2¼ ounces ground almonds
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 egg whites
* 5 sheets frozen phyllo pastry, thawed
* Butter-flavored vegetable cooking spray
* 3½ Granny Smith apples, peeled
* 2 tablespoons warm honey
== Directions ==
# Beat cheese at medium speed of a mixer until smooth.
# Add ½ cup sugar, ground almonds, vanilla extract, and egg whites, and beat until well blended. Set aside.
# Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, coat each sheet with cooking spray, and fold in half crosswise, forming a 13 x 8½-inch rectangle.
# Gently press 1 folded sheet of phyllo into a 10-inch tart pan, allowing ends to extend over edges of pan; recoat phyllo with cooking spray.
# Place another folded sheet of phyllo across first sheet in a crisscross design; recoat phyllo with cooking spray.
# Repeat procedure with remaining 3 sheets of phyllo.
# Decoratively crimp edges of phyllo crust, and spread cheese mixture evenly into crust.
# Cut each apple half crosswise into thin slices, leaving slices stacked together to keep shape of apple half.
# Place 6 apple halves around edge of tart and 1 in the center of cheese mixture; sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup sugar.
# Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes or until mixture is puffed and golden and apples are tender.
Category:Pie Recipes
Category:Tarts