Description
Tarte Tatin is one of the great pleasures from France! Made with caramelized French dessert apples and sweet short crust pastry!
Ingredients
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- 6 dessert apples such as Golden Delicious, Honey Crisp, Granny Smith or cooking apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 7 ounce plain white flour
- 4 tablespoon caster sugar
- 3 1/2 ounce chilled butter
- 1 egg beaten with 1teaspoon water
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- A baking dish about 2"-2 1/2" inches in depth
Instructions
- Roll the pastry to a 1/8th of an inch or 3mm-thick round on a lightly floured surface and cut a 91/2 inch or 24cm circle, using a plate as a guide. Lightly prick all over with a fork, wrap in cling film on a baking sheet and freeze while preparing the apples.
- Heat oven to 350°F/180°C/Gas 4.
- Peel, quarter and core the apples.
- Put the sugar in a flameproof 8 inch/20 centimeter dish or an 8inch/20 centimeter ovenproof heavy-based frying pan and place over medium-high heat. Cook the sugar for 5-7 mins to a dark amber caramel syrup that’s starting to smoke, then turn off the heat and stir in the 1/2 cup or 60g diced chilled butter.
- To assemble the Tarte Tatin, arrange the apple quarters very tightly in a circle around the edge of the dish first, rounded side down, then fill in the middle in a similar fashion. Gently press with your hands to ensure there are no gaps. Brush the fruit with the melted butter.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, then remove and place the disc of frozen puff pastry on top – it will quickly defrost. Tuck the edges down the inside of the dish and, with a knife, prick a few holes in the pastry to allow steam to escape.
- Bake for a further 40-45 mins until the pastry is golden brown and crisp.
- Allow to cool to room temperature for 1 hour before running a knife around the edge of the dish and inverting it onto a large serving plate that is deep enough to contain the juices.
- Serve with crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cool Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 2 hour+15 minutes-1 hour+22 minutes minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: French