Cookbook:Tarte Tatin

| Cuisine of France | Vegetarian Cuisine | Dessert

Ingredients

 * 1 cup white granulated sugar
 * 4 tablespoons butter (see notes)
 * ¼ cup water
 * 5 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and quartered
 * 1 pastry dough recipe

Procedure

 * 1) Preheat oven to 400°F.
 * 2) Place sugar, butter and water in a stovetop/oven-safe tarte dish over medium-high heat. Cook until mixture becomes golden brown and bubbly.
 * 3) Remove from heat and allow mixture to cool to room temperature in the tarte dish.
 * 4) When caramel mixture has cooled, arrange the apple quarters on their sides in the mixture.
 * 5) Roll the pastry dough out to a thickness of about ½ inch and a diameter large enough to cover the tarte dish.
 * 6) Place dough on top of the tarte, then trim and discard the edges.
 * 7) Bake tarte for 40 minutes.
 * 8) Allow to cool in the tarte dish for 15 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * European-style butter, which has a higher fat content than American butter, is recommended. Most US supermarkets now stock at least one variety of European-style butter, Plugra being one of the most popular brands.