Quick Tarte Tatin

Name: Quick Tarte Tatin
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 33 min
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 3 lb. Golden Delicious apples (5 to 7 lg.), peeled, cored, and cut in half; 2 tbsp. butter; 3/4 c. sugar; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed as label directs

Published: Aug 27, 2007

Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

33 mins

Total Time:

48 mins

Cal/Serv:

280

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When preparing the caramel for this quick and simple skillet-baked apple tart, be sure to remove the pan from the heat when the caramel is just amber -- the sugar will continue to cook from residual heat, which could lead to a bitter, burned sauce.

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Ingredients

3 lb. Golden Delicious apples (5 to 7 lg.), peeled, cored, and cut in half
2 Tbsp. butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed as label directs

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Place apples in 9-inch glass pie plate; cover with waxed paper, and cook in microwave on High 7 minutes.
2. Step 2Meanwhile, in heavy 10-inch skillet with oven-safe handle (or with handle wrapped in a double layer of foil for baking in oven later), melt butter over medium-high heat. Add sugar and cook about 5 minutes or until amber in color, swirling skillet frequently. Immediately remove skillet from heat (caramel will continue to darken).
3. Step 3With tongs, transfer apples from pie plate to skillet, coating flat sides of apples first with caramelized sugar. Then arrange apples, rounded side down, rotating them slightly to fit in a single layer in skillet.
4. Step 4On lightly floured surface, unfold puff pastry sheet. Fold in each corner of puff pastry about 2 inches and press down to form an "octagon." With lightly floured rolling pin, roll dough into 12-inch round. Place dough round on top of apples in skillet; tuck in edge of dough around apples. With knife, cut six 1/4-inch slits in dough to allow steam to escape during baking. Bake tart about 25 minutes or until crust is golden.
5. Step 5When tart is done, cool in skillet on wire rack 10 minutes. Center large platter upside down on top of skillet. Wearing oven mitts to protect your hands, and grasping platter and skillet firmly together, quickly invert tart onto platter. Cool 20 minutes to serve warm.