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Make this easy Apple Tarte Tatin with puff pastry, caramelized apples, golden crust, and a quick, rustic French dessert
Apple Tarte Tatin turns simple apples into a caramelized showstopper. With puff pastry on top, it’s always a win.
There’s nothing quite like a rustic apple tarte tatin coming out of the oven. It’s golden, gooey, and smells like heaven. And the best part? You only need a handful of ingredients and a sheet of puff pastry to make it.
Why You’ll Love Apple Tarte Tatin
- Simple ingredients, big flavor
- Impressive but easy dessert
- Perfect mix of caramel and apples
- Quick enough for a weeknight treat
- Pairs beautifully with cream or ice cream
This easy Apple Tarte Tatin combines caramelized apples with puff pastry for a golden, upside-down tart that looks impressive but is simple to make
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Description
Apple Tarte Tatin proves upside-down desserts can be the best. It’s golden, gooey, and surprisingly simple.
Ingredients
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 4 medium tart apples (Granny Smith preferred), peeled, cored, quartered
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed and rolled into a 22 cm round
- Cream or vanilla ice cream, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F).
- Grease and line the base of a 20 cm round cake pan.
- In a large pan, melt butter over medium heat.
- Add apples and cook, turning, 3–4 minutes until lightly golden.
- Add sugar and water.
- Stir until sugar dissolves, then let it bubble 2–3 minutes until it thickens into a caramel. Keep an eye on it, as it burns fast!
- Arrange apples tightly in the cake pan, rounded side down.
- Spoon caramel over the top.
- Cover with the puff pastry, tucking edges inside the pan.
- Bake 12–15 minutes until golden and puffed.
- Let it sit for 5 minutes before inverting onto a plate.
- Slice and serve warm with cream or ice cream.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Joy
Flipping an Apple Tarte Tatin feels like a little kitchen magic. Sweet apples and buttery pastry become something extraordinary.
Apple Tarte Tatin is a rustic French dessert that brings together caramelized apples and flaky puff pastry in the simplest way possible. It bakes golden, flips beautifully, and tastes even better with a scoop of cream or ice cream, making it a dessert worth making over and over again.
The tarte Tatin, named after the Tatin sisters who invented it and served it in their hotel as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit is caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. It originated in France but has spread to other countries over the years.
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