| Prep Time | 45 minutes | 
| Cook Time | 1 hour | 
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- FOR THE TART DOUGH:
 - 1 C all-purpose flour
 - 1/4 C granulated sugar
 - 1/8 tsp salt
 - 6 Tbsp chilled unsalted butter in small pieces
 - 1 egg yolk beaten with 2 tsp water
 - For the filling
 - 1 C sliced natural almonds more for sprinkling, raw
 - 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
 - 1/2 C granulated sugar
 - 8 Tbsp unsalted butter at room temperature
 - 2 eggs
 - 1 tsp almond extract
 - 12 oz pitted cherries about 1 3/4 cups
 - confectioners’ sugar for dusting
 
            
 
 
 
        
    Ingredients
     
                
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- Make the tart dough: Combine flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Work in butter thoroughly. Stir in egg yolk mixture and knead briefly until dough is smooth, then form into a flat disk.
 - Roll dough to a large circle and lay it in a 10-inch/23-centimeter fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Press in well (patch any cracks with extra dough). Refrigerate or freeze for 1 hour.
 - Heat oven to 425 degrees. Blind bake tart shell until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. (You do not need to cover the shell or use pie weights.)
 - Meanwhile, make the filling: Put almonds, flour and sugar in work bowl of food processor and grind to a rough powder. Add butter and pulse until well incorporated. Add eggs and almond extract and process until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively, use ground almonds and make batter with a mixer instead.)
 - Pour almond batter into prebaked shell and smooth with a spatula. Press cherries into batter in a single layer. Sprinkle with a handful of sliced almonds. Lower oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake until golden, 30 to 40 minutes. (An inserted skewer should come out clean.) Cool on a rack and remove outer rim of tart pan. Place tart on a serving dish and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
 
