Apricot-Anise Tarts

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried California apricots (9 ounces)
• ¾ cup sugar, divided
• ½ cup apricot preserves
• 1 ¼ teaspoons almond extract, divided
• Master Sweet Dough
• 1 ½ teaspoons whole aniseed
• 1 large egg
• + 2 more ingredients
• • Powdered sugar (for dusting)
  • 1 cup chilled heavy cream

1. Combine apricots and 2 cups water in a large heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring and mashing apricots occasionally, until fruit is very soft and broken down and most of liquid is evaporated, about 15 minutes. Add 1/2 cup sugar; stir until dissolved. Rem...

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