Mesdames et Monsieurs - la Tarte Tatin!

Une excursion brève a la France. A short trip to France - at least foodwise. We had sat down in the Shennong Tea Lounge the other day, and my significant other, A., had ordered a Tarte Tatin, the legendary french apple pie. It tasted wonderful, which was enough inspiration for me to put it onto the "gotta try that out at home" list.

And opportunity struck, in form of a sunday morning being home alone. I had visited a sports class around midday, and was really feeling like I deserved a special treat. And A. had been on nightshift, so he deserved a special treat, too.

I had found a recipe that sounded way too easy to be true: cube and dice fruit, stew in honeybutter, cover with puff pastry and you´re done. Sounds fantastic, right? So I gave it a shot. And it turned out to be the easiest, but tastiest apple pie. As I´ve told you, I was in the mood for a SPECIAL treat, so I served the Tarte with a scoop of Häagen-Dazs´ Vanilla Caramel Brownie icecream. Et voilá:


And yes, it tasted as good as it looks. Especially when you wipe up the melted ice cream with a piece of honeybutter-soaked puff pastry...

Recipe for Tarte Tatin


Ingredients for 2-3

1 apple
1 pear
50g butter
50g honey
puff pastry


Preparation

1. Peel and dice apple and pear.
   
2. In a pan, melt butter.
3. Add honey and fruit cubes.
4. Steam until most of the honey butter has been soaked up by the fruit.
5. Place in a fireproof bowl.
6. Roll out puff pastry to fit your bowl.
   
7. Cover fruit with puff pastry. You can stuff excess inside the bowl on the sides, or cut it off. However you like.
8. Bake at 200°C for appr. 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
9. Dump onto a plate.
10. Serve with powdered sugar or ice cream.

Guten Appetit! Enjoy your meal! Bon Appétit!