Tarte Tatin

Name: Tarte Tatin
Ingredients: 1 kg apples (Golden Delicious); 50 g pecan nuts; Vanilla ice cream; 50 g pistachios; 50 g pine kernels; 100 g butter; 115 g sugar; 1 egg; 30 g sugar; 200 g plain flour; 1 tbsp water; 60 g butter; A pinch of salt; ½ vanilla pod

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Le Cordon Bleu Dessert Techniques

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

Made famous by the Tatin sisters of Lamotte-Beuvron, the classic recipe was for a single apple tart, cooked under a lid of pastry, but served inverted with the pastry underneath and the fruit on top. Our individual servings are sweetened with caramelized nuts and ice cream.

Ingredients

For the pastry

200 g plain flour
A pinch of salt
100

Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Prepare the pastry. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl, then rub in the butter. Stir in the sugar. Lightly beat the egg then mix it and enough water into the dry ingredients to bind them. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 minutes.