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Tarte Tatin (Apple Tart)
(taken from the Inn on the Twenty Cookbook)
Puff Pastry - your favourite recipe or simply buy it frozen, you will need enough to fill one pie plate
6 Mutsu or Granny Smith apples
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon brandy or Calvados
Preheat oven to 375 F

Roll out pastry to 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface
and cut a disc the size of a 10-inch tart shell. Chill until ready to use.

Peel, core and cut apples into quarters or slices.
Melt butter in a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat. As soon as butter is melted, add brown sugar and cinnamon, stirring until blended and bubbling. Add brandy (watch our for flames) and stir. Spoon into a pie pan (not one with a removable bottom). Arrange apples on top of sugar. Make holes in pastry with a fork and place on top of apples.

Place pie pan on a baking sheet to avoid any drips onto oven floor.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until crust is rich and golden brown and apples are tender.

serve with Lailey Vineyard Vidal Icewine
www.laileyvineyard.com