Maple Tart Tatin

Serves: 6

Aurelia Collier

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

51

Spice

44

Sweetness

48

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Sugar

Directions:

1

Unfold puff pastry on a lightly floured surface

2

Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll into a 12" square about 1/8" thick

3

Using a 12" plate as a guide, cut out a 12" round with a sharp paring knife

4

Transfer pastry round to a baking sheet; cover with plastic wrap and chill until ready to use

5

Preheat oven to 425°F

6

Swirl butter and maple syrup in a 12" heavy ovenproof skillet over medium heat until butter melts

7

Sprinkle sugar over, evenly coating bottom of skillet

8

Add apples, cut side down; increase heat to medium-high and cook until sugar melts, occasionally swirling apples in pan, about 5 minutes

9

Reduce heat to medium and cook, continuing to swirl apples in pan, about 5 minutes longer

10

Flip apples (rounded side down), and cook, swirling apples occasionally, until syrup is thick and golden brown, 5-10 minutes longer

11

Cover apples with pastry round, tucking in edges of pastry

12

Bake until pastry is light golden brown, about 10 minutes

13

Reduce heat to 375°F; bake until pastry is puffed and deep golden, about 20 minutes longer

14

Let tarte Tatin cool for 15 minutes

15

Invert a serving plate over skillet

16

Using oven mitts, firmly hold plate and skillet and invert tarte onto plate

17

Remove skillet; rearrange apples if needed and scrape any caramel in skillet over

18

Serve warm or at room temperature with ice cream

19

Unfold puff pastry on a lightly floured surface

20

Using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll into a 12" square about 1/8" thick

21

Using a 12" plate as a guide, cut out a 12" round with a sharp paring knife

22

Transfer pastry round to a baking sheet; cover with plastic wrap and chill until ready to use

23

Preheat oven to 425°F

24

Swirl butter and maple syrup in a 12" heavy ovenproof skillet over medium heat until butter melts

25

Sprinkle sugar over, evenly coating bottom of skillet

26

Add apples, cut side down; increase heat to medium-high and cook until sugar melts, occasionally swirling apples in pan, about 5 minutes

27

Reduce heat to medium and cook, continuing to swirl apples in pan, about 5 minutes longer

28

Flip apples (rounded side down), and cook, swirling apples occasionally, until syrup is thick and golden brown, 5-10 minutes longer

29

Cover apples with pastry round, tucking in edges of pastry

30

Bake until pastry is light golden brown, about 10 minutes

31

Reduce heat to 375°F; bake until pastry is puffed and deep golden, about 20 minutes longer

32

Let tarte Tatin cool for 15 minutes

33

Invert a serving plate over skillet

34

Using oven mitts, firmly hold plate and skillet and invert tarte onto plate

35

Remove skillet; rearrange apples if needed and scrape any caramel in skillet over

36

Serve warm or at room temperature with ice cream