Tarte Tatin

Name: Tarte Tatin
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 kilograms to 9 Gala apples , peeled, quartered lengthwise, and cored; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (from a 17 1/4-ounce package); 118 milliliters sugar; 59 milliliters 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened

Tarte Tatin might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 3056 calories, 39g of protein, and 204g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 42% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have to 9 galan apples, puff pastry sheet, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Roll pastry sheet into a 101/2-inch square on a floured work surface with a floured rolling pin.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

Brush off excess flour and cut out a 10-inch round with a sharp knife, using a plate as a guide.

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All Purpose Flour

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Knife

Transfer round to a baking sheet and chill.

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Baking Sheet

Spread butter thickly on bottom and side of skillet and pour sugar evenly over bottom. Arrange as many apples as will fit vertically on sugar, packing them tightly in concentric circles. Apples will stick up above rim of skillet.

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Apple

Butter

Spread

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Cook apples over moderately high heat, undisturbed, until juices are deep golden and bubbling, 18 to 25 minutes. (Don't worry if juices color unevenly.)

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Apple

Put skillet in middle of oven over a piece of foil to catch any drips.

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Bake 20 minutes (apples will settle slightly), then remove from oven and lay pastry round over apples.

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Apple

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Oven

Bake tart until pastry is browned, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Transfer skillet to a rack and cool at least 10 minutes.

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Frying Pan

Just before serving, invert a platter with lip over skillet and, using potholders to hold skillet and plate tightly together, invert tart onto platter. Replace any apples that stick to skillet. (Don't worry if there are black spots; they won't affect the flavor of the tart.)

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Apple

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Frying Pan

Brush any excess caramel from skillet over apples.

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Caramel

Apple

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Frying Pan

Serve immediately.

·Tart can cool in skillet up to 30 minutes. It can also stand, uncovered, up to 5 hours, then be heated over moderately low heat 1 to 2 minutes to loosen caramel. Shake skillet gently to loosen tart before inverting.

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Caramel

Shake

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Frying Pan