The Tatin tart from Les Calades

Ingredients for 6:

– 80gr soft organic butter

– 260gr of caster sugar

– 8 Pippin Queen from Les Calades

– 200gr of puff pastry

– 30gr of caster sugar

-Cooking Time: 40 min

-Preparation Time: 30 min

– Preheat the oven at 180°C (Th.6)

– In your pie tray, put 50gr of sugar and 4 tablespoons of water

– Melt it on low heat till you get a gold caramel then add the butter.

– Cover the caramel with the sliced apples, the slices must be put very close to each other.

– Put it in the oven and cook for 20 min.

– Take it out and spread 30gr of sugar on it. Let it cool down.

– Cover the apples with the pastry. Jab it with a fork, and put the edges inside.

– Heat in the oven for 20 min.

– Let it cool down for 1h, and turn it upside down on a dessert dish. You can eat it warm or cold with custard or vanilla ice cream.

You can flavour it with some extra vanilla beans on the bottom of the dish, or spread some cinnamon on the apples.

The bivarietal apple juice is excellent with this popular French dessert.