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Author
Jessica Battilana | 2025-06-23
Description
This apple tarte tatin is a lesson in elegant simplicity. Comprised of deeply caramelized apples layered over buttery pastry, it's a dessert that's truly more than the sum of its parts. The apples are first cooked on the stovetop in butter, sugar, and their own juices to ensure edge-to-edge tenderness and rich, caramelized flavor. Then they're topped with pastry and baked until golden. Once inverted, the apples have a jewel-like transparency and concentrated apple sweetness. This classic French dessert needs no adornment, though it's especially delicious served warm with crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream.
