Name: Apple tarte tatin
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 4 large firm apples, peeled, cored, cut lengthways into quarters; 70 gram butter, chopped; 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/3 cup caster sugar; 1 tablespoon water; Pastry; 1 1/4 cup plain flour; 1/4 cup icing sugar mixture; 1/2 lemon, zest finely grated; 90 gram butter, chopped; 1 egg yolk; 1 tablespoon water

Apple tarte tatin

This classic French dessert is much easier than you'd expect, and always a crowd-pleaser. Doused in its own caramel sauce, it's fabulous with a dollop of double cream.

Ingredients

4 large firm apples, peeled, cored, cut lengthways into quarters

70 gram butter, chopped

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/3 cup caster sugar

1 tablespoon water

Pastry

1 1/4 cup plain flour

1/4 cup icing sugar mixture

1/2 lemon, zest finely grated

90 gram butter, chopped

1 egg yolk

1 tablespoon water

Method

1.In a small oven-proof frying pan, melt butter with sugars and water. Stir until sugar dissolves; bring to boil. Add apples; reduce heat, simmer, turning occasionally, about 10 minutes or until tender.

2.In a food processor, process flour, icing sugar, zest and butter until mixture is crumbly. Add egg yolk and water; process until ingredients just come together. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 40 minutes.

3.Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced).

4.Roll pastry between baking paper until slightly larger then the circumference of the frying pan. Remove paper, turn pastry onto apples. Remove remaining paper; tuck pastry between apples and side of frying pan.

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