Apple tarte Tatin

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This tarte Tatin recipe from Marcus Wareing is a classic yet simple dessert that you can whip up quickly with store cupboard basics. Serve with some good quality ice cream or cream.

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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  • 4 apples
  • 50g of butter, soft
  • 50g of caster sugar
  • 375g of puff pastry

Method

1
Cut the apples in half, peel, core and turn to an even, rounded size
2
Place the butter in a tarte Tatin pan (or oven-proof frying pan) and press it out to cover the bottom. Sprinkle with the sugar and set aside. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4
  • 50g of butter, soft
  • 50g of caster sugar
3
Place the pan on the stove, and melt the butter and sugar together until they start to brown. This should take approximately 10 minutes
4
Roll the puff pastry out to fit the tarte Tatin pan and until it is around 3mm in thickness. Place 7 pieces of apple, cut side up, around the pan containing the butter and sugar mixture, placing 1 in the centre. Cover with the pastry disc and tuck the edges in
  • 375g of puff pastry
5
Finish cooking the tarte in the oven for 50–60 minutes. Remove and leave to rest a little, then turn the Tatin out by placing a plate upside down over the entire pan and flipping the whole thing over
First published in 2015

Marcus Wareing defines his inimitable cooking style as 'not British cuisine, not French cuisine – it’s Marcus cuisine.'

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