Thick-cut apples quickly caramelize.
Tarte Tatin
Chef Dan Rothstadt
6
20 minutes
30 minutes
French
Desserts
A tarte tatin is a French upside-down pastry where apples are slowly caramelized in butter and sugar on the stovetop before being covered with a pastry crust and baked in the oven. Then, it's flipped and served. Buying pre-made puff pastry makes things easy.
Ingredients
- 2-4 firm apples, peeled, cored and cut into sixths (like Pink Lady or Honeycrisp)
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- ⅓ cup dark brown sugar
- 2 tbsp salted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 375℉.
- Melt the butter and mix in the vanilla and brown sugar. Pour into a 10” round oven-safe pan.
- Layer the apples beginning on the outer edges and work inward, overlapping to eliminate gaps.
- Roll out the puff pastry and lay over the pan. Trim the edges and tuck on the inside of the pan to cover the apples fully.
- Bake until the pastry is golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Let cook slightly before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.