Caramelized Apple Tart

Name: Caramelized Apple Tart
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 8 large green apples, Newtown Pippins or Granny Smiths; 8 large green apples, Newtown Pippins or Granny Smiths; 4 tablespoons butter; pinch salt; 1 cup sugar; 8 large green apples, Newtown Pippins or Granny Smiths; 1 cup chantilly cream; 1 9-inch circle tart pastry, rolled ¼ inch thick, chilled

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Jeremiah Tower's New American Classics

By Jeremiah Tower

Published 1986

About

This is it—the famous tarte Tatin from France, the secret of which is the apples’ giving up their juices in the cooking process, combining with the sugar and butter, and caramelizing, so that the full range of flavors is in the caramel (quite different from making caramel and pouring it in the pan to start with).

Ingredients

8 large green apples, Newtown Pippins or Granny Smiths
1 cup sugar
pinch

Americas
United States
Dessert
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the oven to 375°F.

Peel and core the apples and cut them in sixths. Toss them in a bowl with the sugar and salt.

Spread 2 tablespoons butter in a heavy nonstick 10-inch skillet. Place t