Apple Tarte Tatin with Puff Pastry

⏳ Time

45 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

In our chain of restaurants, we serve an apple pie. Everyone loved the pie, but it was unclear how to obtain the recipe, so I had to try it again to estimate the recipe. The experiment was a success, and I named it 'Lazy Apple Pie'... The reason it's called 'lazy' is evident from the first line of the recipe, specifically the first step. However, the story of the pie doesn't end there. A few days ago, I stumbled upon the history of this pie online. I was surprised to discover that it is called Tarte Tatin and is quite a famous pie.

Ingredients

Apple - 3 pieces
Vanilla salt - 0.5 oz
Cinnamon - to taste
Dry White Wine - 1 tablespoon
Sugar - 5 teaspoons
Puff Pastry - 7.1 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Buy puff pastry. Thaw the sheet according to the "instructions." A little trick – if you thaw the pastry on plastic wrap, it's easy to roll it out on the wrap and transfer it to the baking dish, without having to clean the table from flour. While the pastry is thawing...

Step 2

Wash and peel the apples, removing and discarding the core. Place the peels in a blender, and add a packet of vanilla sugar, a bit of cinnamon, 2–3 tablespoons of sugar, and 5–7 pieces of orange zest (with as much of the white pith removed as possible; soaking the peels in cold water for a day will prevent any bitterness, although the bitterness not only alters the flavor but also adds a certain piquancy — so we leave this part of the recipe up to your discretion). Chop the apples roughly and add them to the blender, along with any poorly cut apple pieces and 1 apple (or half an apple if you don't have enough for a nice arrangement in the baking dish). You won't spoil the pie if you add 1–3 teaspoons of white table (dry) wine or cognac to the blender. Blend until it reaches a mushy consistency.

Step 3

Take a baking dish and line it with parchment paper. Sprinkle 2–3 tablespoons of sugar over the paper (you can use a bit more sugar if the apples are tart). Slice the apples thinly and arrange them beautifully in the dish. In the center of the apples, spread the blended mixture (there's no need to spread it all the way to the edges of the dish—it will spread out on its own during baking).

Step 4

Roll out the store-bought dough on plastic wrap and cover the apples with it. Remove the plastic wrap. Poke the dough with a fork and place it in the preheated oven. Check the baking time and temperature in the "instructions" provided with the dough.

Step 5

Remove the pie from the oven. Cover the baking dish with a plate on which our pie will be displayed, and carefully flip the dish over. Be cautious, as the liquid from the pie is very hot and can stick to your skin quickly and strongly. Gently remove the parchment paper (taking care not to disturb the arrangement of the apples). Cut the pie into slices. Transfer the slices to serving plates and garnish with strawberries (or anything else you have on hand that fits your inspiration).