Apple-Ginger Tart with Cider-Bourbon Sauce

Crust

box Pillsbury™ refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

1/2

cup packed brown sugar

tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger

tablespoons cornstarch

teaspoon ground cinnamon

medium cooking apples, peeled, thinly sliced (about 4 cups)

1 1/4

cups apple cider

tablespoons butter or margarine

tablespoons packed brown sugar

tablespoon cornstarch

tablespoons bourbon or water, if desired

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1

Heat oven to 450°F. Place cookie sheet in oven while oven preheats. Place pie crust in 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie. Bake on preheated cookie sheet 7 minutes.
2

Meanwhile, in large bowl, mix 1/2 cup brown sugar, the ginger, cornstarch and cinnamon until blended. Add apples; toss until evenly coated.
3

In crust-lined plate, arrange apples in concentric circles, overlapping slices and using all of apples, beginning at outside edge and working toward center.
4

Cover top of tart with foil; place on preheated cookie sheet. Bake 40 minutes. Remove foil; bake 8 to 10 minutes longer or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Place tart pan on cooling rack; cool 30 minutes while making sauce.
5

Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, heat cider to boiling over high heat. Boil 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 1 cup. Stir in butter and 2 tablespoons brown sugar; continue boiling 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. In small bowl, stir cornstarch into bourbon until dissolved. Stir bourbon mixture into sauce; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
6

To serve, cut tart into wedges; serve with warm sauce.

Look for crystallized ginger in plastic containers with the other baking ingredients at the grocery store.
To avoid shrinking the crust during baking, don't stretch the dough when you fit it into the tart pan.

1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.