Tarte tatin is a classic French dessert that just uses just pastry dough butter apples and sugar to create magic You can use puff pastry if you prefer No matter how yours comes out youll enjoy it
Prep Time
5 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
50 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Coat a 10-inch oven-proof skillet with butter. Sprinkle sugar evenly over the top of the butter.
Place apple quarters
rounded sides down
on top of the butter and sugar in a circular pattern.
Place skillet over medium-high heat and cook until butter melts and sugar dissolves and begins to caramelize. Continue to cook until apples soften and caramel begins to brown
10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat.
Sprinkle work surface with flour and roll pie dough into an 11-inch circle. Pinch edge to create a ruffle around crust.
Place crust on top of apples and tuck in edges around apples.
Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown
about 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes. Place a plate over the top of the pan and carefully invert to release tarte from the pan. Scrape any remaining apples stuck to the pan back on top of crust.
Chef John's Tarte Tatin.
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Chef's Note
While I recommend Granny Smiths for their tart flavor and firmness
you can't go wrong with a firm
sweet-tart variety such as Honeycrisp.
Get my recipe for Easy Homemade Pie Crust.