SUNDAY DESSERT #84: Tarte Tatin
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France 🇫🇷
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Intermediate
INSPIRATION: Apple season is HERE! Woot woot! Gonna bake me up some classic, French, apple-tastic dessert.
RECEPTION/COMMENTARY: The Tarte Tatin (roughly pronounced "tahr-tuh tah-tahn") was an accidental invention by the French sisters and hotel owners, Caroline and Stéphanie Tatin. Because it was so delicious, the Tarte Tatin became a signature dish in their hotel's restaurant. I wish my life accidents turned out that great...
Anyway, the apples cook and soften up in a decadent caramel-butter stew over a cast iron pan. A pie crust or puff pastry gets placed and tucked in over the top of the caramelized apples. Then the entire pan is placed in the oven for baking. Once finished, the whole thing gets flipped over onto a serving platter making it a caramel, upside-down (but actually now right-side-up) apple tart! Mmmmm. I love September.
Wowzers! This takes apple tart to new heights! The juicy, caramelized apples simply melt in your mouth. The crust is buttery and crisp but also moist and sweet. How it manages to be both crisp and moist is amazing! And the flavor is robust. Each bite is a caramel apple symphony in your mouth! Definitely a 10/10 rating. I can see how it quickly became such a crowd-pleaser.
WOULD I MAKE IT AGAIN? Yes please! If I'm ever feeling too lazy to make a full on apple pie, I'm going to make this instead. It's less work with an additional punch of flavor!
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