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Learn how to make Delicious French Tarte Tatin, While the tarte Tatin is a classic, it is above all a delight! This is an inverted pie which allows perfect caramelization of apples that you pour in a thin blanket of puff pastry. The variations are endless but the original recipe is still our favorite. “
Difficulty level: Easy
Ingredients for The Tarte Tatin Recipe
For a pie:
- 1 pastry
- 100 g butter
- 1.5 kg of Golden apples
- 100 g brown sugar
Preparation The Tarte Tatin Recipe
Peel and core the apples.
Cut apples into quarters
Place the pan on the pastry and cut the dough to obtain a circle slightly larger than the diameter of the mold (plus or minus 1 cm)
Generously butter inside of a mold with 100 g of butter. Use a mold that supports to be placed directly on a source of heat
Sprinkle the inside of the pan with half the brown sugar
Arrange the apple quarters in bottom of pan
Cover apple slices with remaining sugar
Place pan directly on a low heat and allow to start the caramelization, caramelize for 20 minutes until apples become light blonde
Then bake for 30 minutes in a preheated 180 °
Remove pan from oven and cover with the pastry, being careful when trying to insert the extra dough between the apples and the edge of the mold
Place the pie back in oven at 180 degrees for more or less from 15 to 20 minutes while the pastry is crisp and golden.
Out and let cool for 15 minutes.
Turn out but do not return
Replace the pan on a medium low for 5 minutes to soften the caramel
Return on a plate and serve warm.
Ideas, tips & tricks
Make sure to use a very good butter as it greatly influences the taste of caramel apples develope.
Although purists feel that the Tarte Tatin is sufficient in itself, We like to accompany a little whipped cream or vanilla ice cream to create a hot-cold .Finally, We must also confess that We find it hard not to buckle in the Calvados .
Lovers of biscuits can also use this delicious Belgian biscuit reduced to powder you add sugar. A bit of cinnamon also marries well with apples.
A bowl of cider is the perfect little refreshment to accompany this wonderfully tart.
You can also make this recipe with the pastry .
Personally, I prefer the pastry but I am unable to say what is the real Tatin: that the puff pastry dough or the broken one? — Also Read: Quiche Leek and Bacon recipe
