Rustic Apple Tarts with Calvados Whipped Cream

Name: Rustic Apple Tarts with Calvados Whipped Cream
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apple cider or apple juice; 1 teaspoon Calvados; 1 Tbsp cider vinegar; 454 grams Gala apples (about 4; left unpeeled); 118 milliliters chilled heavy cream; 1 frozen puff pastry sheet (from a 17 1/4-oz package), thawed; 1 teaspoon sugar; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter

Rustic Apple Tarts with Calvados Whipped Cream is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 5996 calories, 77g of protein, and 416g of fat. This recipe covers 52% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of galan apples, calvados, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 50 minutes.

Instructions

Put oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Cook 1/3 cup sugar in a dry 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted into a pale golden caramel. Tilt skillet and carefully pour in cider and vinegar (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Simmer over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until caramel is dissolved.

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Caramel

Vinegar

Cider

Sugar

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Frying Pan

While syrup simmers, cut apples into 1/8-inch-thick slices with slicer, rotating around core of each (discard cores).

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Apple

Syrup

Add apple slices to hot syrup in skillet, gently tossing to coat.

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Apple

Syrup

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat and let stand, stirring occasionally, until apples are wilted by syrup, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Apple

Syrup

While apples stand, roll out puff pastry sheet into a 12-inch square on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Apple

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut into quarters, forming 4 (6-inch) squares and brush off excess flour from both sides.

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All Purpose Flour

Transfer squares to a large shallow baking pan, overlapping if necessary (squares will fit without touching after edges are folded in later).

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Baking Pan

Drain apples in a sieve set over a bowl (reserve syrup), then mound slices decoratively on each square, leaving a 3/4-inch border all around. Fold border over apples along edges, pinching edges together as necessary, then dot tops of apples with a total of 1 tablespoon butter and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 tablespoon sugar.

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Apple

Butter