Apple Tart Tatin. Tarte Tatin isn't as American as apple pie, but it's a whole lot easier. At least one day before you plan to cook the tart, prepare the apples: Slice off the bottom of each apple so it has a flat base. Slice tart into individual pieces and garnish with a dollop of sweetened mascarpone.

The tarte Tatin (French pronunciation: [taʁt tatɛ̃]), named after the hotel serving it as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit (usually apples) is caramelised in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. This Apple Tarte Tatin is really easy to make once you know how! Follow James' masterclass recipe to perfect this famous, classic French dessert! You can cook Apple Tart Tatin using 5 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Apple Tart Tatin

You need 4 of eating apples.
It's 100 g of caster sugar.
Prepare 100 g of butter.
It's 1 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
Prepare 1 of tube of ready rolled pastry (you can make your own).

This French dessert recipe is a classic for a reason - there's just no beating the combination of gently spiced apples, caramel and buttery pastry. Tarte tatin can be tricky, but it's delicious when it works. You can substitute the apples for plenty of other fruit; pear and prune or quince work beautifully. That is the answer to the question: What would happen if you crossed apple pie with pizza with upside down cake with a caramel apple?

Apple Tart Tatin directions

Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6.
Core and quarter the apples (you van peel as well but i left it on).
Tip the butter, cinnamon and sugar into a frying pan, place over a high heat and wait until bubbling.
Stir the sauce until it starts to seperate.
Lay the apples in the pan and cook for 10 minutes, slowly sturing.
At this point you can take the apples out of the pan and lay them back in nicely. However you don't have to do this.
Drape the pastry over the sauce and apples, tuck the edges down the side of the pan and under the fruit.
Pierce the pastry a few times then bake for 15 minutes.
Reduce the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 5 until the pastry is golden.
Leave the tart to stand for about 10 minutes and....
Enjoy 👍.

Since I know you've been wondering. Everything about this Apple Tarte Tatin is a good idea. Everything except the scalding hot sugar Ok… maybe not eeeeeverything about this tart is a good idea But! The French have been doing this. Tarte Tatin is an upside-down apple tart made by coating the bottom of a shallow baking dish with butter and sugar, then apples and finally a pastry crust.