Name: Pear Tarte Tatin
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves: 6–8 slices
Ingredients: confectioners’ sugar or cinnamon for dusting; 350 g / 12.3 oz (around 1 large sheet) puff pastry, enough for a 22-cm/9-inch pie; Flaked almonds; Vanilla ice cream; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional); 75 g / 2.6 oz (⅓ cup) unsalted butter; 100 g / 3.5 oz (½ cup) granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; Juice of half a lemon (around 1 tablespoon); 1 kg pears, about 7 to 8 of them if weighted whole, with skin and core (try to use pears that are ripe but not mushy; pears that would be good to eat—even slightly underripe pears—will work fine)*

Preparation info

Serves:
6–8 slices

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

52 Weeks 52 Sweets

By Vedika Luthra

Published 2021

About

If you’re looking for a dessert that will literally turn your world upside down, look no further. A tarte tatin is essentially fruit bathed in buttery caramel sauce, covered in puff pastry that is baked until golden brown, then flipped over to reveal an impressive dessert that will be demolished as soon as you serve it. It is delicious served warm with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream scattered with toasted almonds.