Tarte tatin recipe

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   Pre-heat the oven to 200C.

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   Peel the apples, cut them in half and remove the central part and the seeds.

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   Put to side.

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   Preheat the oven-proof pan over medium heat and melt the sugar in it.

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   As it melts, it will go brown and gooey (`caramelized').

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   Keep stirring slowly.

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   Turn heat off; add the butter and stir until smooth and homogeneous.

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   Now put the apples into the same pan with the cooked sugar mixture, placing them in a circle, working from outside in.

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   It doesn't really matter how you place them, but make sure you pack in as many as you can so they can hold together even if they shrink during cooking.

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    Put puff pastry on top, gently pressing.

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    Place the pan in the pre-heated oven and bake about 25-30 minutes at 200C.

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    When done, pastry will be golden brown.

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    Remove from oven and let it sit for 10 minutes to cool then place a large plate over the pan and flip over to release the tart (please be extra careful in this process and protect your hands with a towel.

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    hot caramel is merciless).

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    Place back or rearrange any wild piece of apple that moved during the flipping .Et voila!

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    Your piping hot delicious tarte tatin is ready.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.