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Nonstick vegetable oil spray
5.5 lbs medium Braeburn or Golden Delicious apples (about 15), peeled, cored, quartered
5 Tbsp butter - melted
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
6 Tbsp sugar

SPICED BROWN BUTTER

4 oz butter
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
6 cloves
3 star anise
1 cinnamon stick

2 large eggs
4 oz sugar
3 Tbsp flour
1/8 teaspoon salt

Vanilla ice cream

=Spray 10-inch-diameter spnngform pan with nonstick spray. Divide dough into 2 equal pieces. Roll out 1 dough piece on generously floured surface to 10.5-inch round. Roll dough up on rolling pin and transfer to pan. Press dough round into bottom of pan, patching any cracks. Divide second dough piece into 4 equal pieces. Roll out each piece between palms and generously floured surface to 7-inch rope. Place dough ropes end to end to form 1 continuous ring along bottom edge of pan. Press dough ring firmly up sides of pan, forming 1.75-inch-high sides. Press dough seams together to seal. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake crust just until set and very light golden around edges, about 10 minutes. Cool.
FOR APPLES: Position 1 rack in bot tom third of oven and 1 rack in center of oven and preheat to 4000 E Spray 2 heavy large rimmed baking sheets with nonstick spray. Toss apples with butter and lemon
juice in very large bowl. Arrange in single layer on sheets, leaving spaces between apples. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons sugar over apples on each sheet. Bake until apples are tender and golden brown, turning apples occasionally and rotating pans between lower and higher racks, about 40 minutes. Cool. (Crust and apples can he made 1 day ahead. Cover crust and store at room temperature. Place apples in bowl. Cover; refrigerate.)
Place pan with crust on clean baking sheet. Arrange apple wedges close to gether, standing on short ends, in con centric circles in crust.
FOR SPICED BROWN BUTTER: Melt butter in heavy small saucepan over low heat. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into butter; add bean. Add cloves, star anise and cinnamon stick. Cook over low heat until butter turns golden brown and spices flavor butter, adjusting heat if necessary to prevent burning and stirring frequently, about 25 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350F. Whisk eggs, sugar, flour and salt to blend in medium bowl. Strain spiced brown butter mixture into egg mixture; whisk to blend. Reserve vanilla bean, star anise and cinnamon stick; discard cloves. Slowly pour egg mixture over apples in crust. Bake until egg mixture is set, puffed and light gold en and apples are deep golden brown, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool on rack at least 30 minutes. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
Release pan sides. fransfer tart to platter. Garnish tart with reserved vanilla bean, star anise and cinnamon stick, if desired. Serve tart slightly warm or at room temperature with ice cream.
 
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