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Tarte Tatin -- Easy Version

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Classic French apple tart. I make this every fall during apple season, usually end up with the recipe memorized as I'm churning out my 14th, or 15th, tarte by the end of the year. Use tart Granny Smiths for best results. Use store-bought puff pastry to make it super easy! I found this method by trial and error to bypass making caramel first. (At the suggestion of my friends 2Bleu, a note about traditional tarte tatin: The traditional tarte tatin starts by making caramel in a cast-iron skillet first, then cooks the apples in the caramel on the stovetop, then has you make a crust like a pie crust, which gets placed on top of the apples, then the whole thing is moved into the oven. It's delicious, but a tedious method. So I played around in the kitchen until I discovered this method by a wonderful accident! Don't you love when that happens? ;-) )

by Susiecat too·published 2007-07-13

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Tarts

Servings

12 serving(s)

Total time

prep 30 min

Calories / serving

274 kcal

Ingredients (5)

serves

8 medium apples, peeled, cored, and quarteredapple
1 cup sugarsugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, meltedbutter
1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed (or other crust such as pie crust, or tart dough crust)
cinnamon, as desiredcinnamon

Instructions (9 steps)

01Mix sugar and melted butter and press evenly into greased 8" or 9" round cake pan.
02Put apples on their sides in rows decoratively around pan, packing closely together and filling small spaces with broken segments of apples.
03Sprinkle tops of apples lightly with cinnamon if desired.
04Bake uncovered at 425F about 1-1 ½ hours.
05If apples start to burn, they can be covered toward the end of the baking time.
06Meanwhile, unfold pastry sheet and cut to fit pan. Use another pan to trace shape if necessary.