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1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons toasted skinned hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
4 just-ripe apricots
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup creme fraiche
3 tablespoons apricot jam
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Cut dough into a 6-inch round piece (reserve remaining dough for another use), and press into a 9-inch round tart pan with removable bottom, making dough about 1/4 inch thick. Patch with pieces of dough if necessary. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Trim dough flush with rim, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Blanch ripe apricots 30 - 60 secs to peel easily.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roast hazelnuts until fragrant and toasted, about 15 minutes. Rub the warm nuts vigorously with a kitchen towel to remove the skins.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees.
- Pulse 1/3 cup hazelnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Stir together ground hazelnuts, flour, and salt.
- Beat butter and granulated sugar until pale and creamy. Beat in egg. Add hazelnut mixture, and beat until just combined. (Frangipane can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 week.)
- Spoon frangipane into cooled tart shell, and smooth with a spatula. Let stand for 10 minutes. Bake until set, about 15 minutes. Let cool.
- Prepare an ice-water bath. Bring a pan of water to a boil. Lightly score bottoms of apricots. Add apricots to boiling water, and blanch to loosen skins, about 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to ice-water bath to stop the cooking, about 1 minute. Remove apricots, and gently peel. Cut in half, and remove pits.
- Just before serving, beat cream with confectioners' sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form; whisk in creme fraiche. Spread over frangipane. Arrange 7 apricot halves, cut side down, around edge. Cut remaining apricot half into thirds and arrange in center.
- Melt jam in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in lemon juice, and set aside to cool for 5 or 10 minutes. Pour through a sieve; discard solids. Brush strained jam over apricots, and spoon remaining glaze over cream. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons hazelnuts around apricots. Serve immediately.
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