Super Easy Tarte Tatin: Upside-Down Apple Puff Pastry Tarte
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: dessert
Ingredients
Scale
- One sheet puff pastry
- One large apple
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- One teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- Three tablespoons butter
- Cubed white bread (cut very small)
Instructions
- Prepare the puff pastry. Once it has softened a bit after taking it out of the freezer, but before it gets too warm, open one sheet and roll it out in both directions so that it becomes slightly larger.
- Then, cut it into six rectangles and place each on a plate between parchment paper sheets. Refrigerate while you prepare the apple filling. If using one apple, you’ll have two rectangles left over).
- Peel and slice the apple. Try to cut even apple slices that are not too thin.
- Place in a pot and cover with the sugars, cinnamon, and pinch of salt, and cook over low heat until the sugar becomes syrupy. Do not add water.
- Cook the apples for about 10 minutes or until they soften a bit but still hold their shape.
- Once the apples are ready, remove them from the heat. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper and then add two thin slices of butter for each rectangular tarte.
- Layer the apples on top of each of the butter slices. Arrange them using tongs or your fingers.
- Place a piece of puff pastry over each of the apple rectangles.
- Pinch with a fork on all four sides of each of the four sides. Cut slits and pierce with a fork.
- Brush with an egg wash and bake for 15 minutes in a 350º oven. Watch closely.
- Remove from the oven and let sit for a minute or two, then using a flat spatula, carefully flip them over as you move them to a cooling rack.
- The apples reveal themselves just like a tarte tatin.
- Serve warm or room temperature with a little vanilla ice cream.