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Alani (Armenian peach and walnut tart): photo of the dish
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Alani (Armenian peach and walnut tart)

Alani is an Armenian tart or cake made with shortbread-style dough, filled with soft peaches, walnuts and cinnamon. It's eaten warm or cold, often at the end of a meal or as an afternoon snack.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Pâte

Garniture

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Nutrition facts

591 kcal per serving

Protein
10.6 g
Carbohydrates
65.1 g
of which sugars
35.6 g
Fat
30.8 g
Fiber
4.1 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Work the cold butter with the flour, sugar and baking powder until you get a coarse sand-like texture.
  2. Add the egg and salt, then quickly bring it together into a dough. Press two-thirds into a buttered tart pan and set the rest aside.
  3. Cut the peaches into wedges and arrange them over the base, pressing them in lightly. Sprinkle with walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.
  4. Crumble the remaining dough over the top, drizzle with honey and bake for 35 minutes, until the top is golden.
  5. Let it cool for a few minutes before unmolding.
  6. Serve warm or at room temperature, with a little crème fraîche if you like.

Variations and tips

Apricot version. Replace the peaches with very ripe apricots, halved.

Gluten-free version. Replace the flour with rice flour or buckwheat flour mixed with starch.

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Original Ecomely recipe.