Rye Tarte Tatin Recipes

TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Roll the pastry to a 3mm-thick round on a lightly floured surface and cut a 24cm circle, using a plate as a guide. Lightly prick all over with a fork, place on a baking sheet, then cover and freeze while preparing the apples.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Peel, quarter and core the apples. Put the sugar in a flameproof 20cm ceramic tatin dish or a 20cm ovenproof heavy-based frying pan and place over a medium-high heat. Cook the sugar for 5-7 mins to a dark amber caramel syrup that's starting to smoke, then turn off the heat and stir in the 60g diced chilled butter.
• To assemble the tarte tatin, arrange the apple quarters very tightly in a circle around the edge of the dish first, rounded-side down, then fill in the middle in a similar fashion. Gently press with your hands to ensure there are no gaps. Brush the fruit with the melted butter.
• Bake in the oven for 30 mins, then remove and place the disc of frozen puff pastry on top - it will quickly defrost. Tuck the edges down the inside of the dish and, with a knife, prick a few holes in the pastry to allow steam to escape. Bake for a further 40-45 mins until the pastry is golden brown and crisp.
• Allow to cool to room temperature for 1 hr before running a knife around the edge of the dish and inverting it onto a large serving plate that is deep enough to contain the juices. Serve with crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream.

RYE TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Make the sorbet, if desired: In a small pot, combine sugar, honey, salt and 1/2 cup/120 milliliters water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until sugar is dissolved, 3 to 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk the yogurt until it loosens, then whisk in honey syrup and lemon juice to taste. Chill mixture until very cold, at least 2 hours. Freeze the sorbet in an ice-cream machine according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to a container and store in freezer. Sorbet can be made up to 1 week in advance.
• Make the crust: In the bowl of a food processor, pulse together rye flour, all-purpose flour and salt. Briefly pulse in butter, then drizzle in cider vinegar and cold water. Pulse until dough starts to come together, drizzling in more water if it looks too dry (you may need to add several more tablespoons). Remove dough from food processor, pat into a disc, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for at least 1 hour and up to 5 days. (You can also make the dough by hand, cutting the butter into the flour mixture using two knives or a pastry cutter and drizzling in the cider vinegar and water.)
• Heat oven to 400 degrees, and place a rimmed baking sheet on a rack in the middle of the oven.
• Prepare the apple filling: Brush bottom and sides of a deep 10-inch sauté pan with softened butter, then sprinkle evenly with sugar.
• Peel apples. Cut down one side of the apples as close to the core as possible. Rotate and cut the opposite side, so you end up with two large rounded pieces (the apple "cheeks"). Cut off the remaining smaller pieces on the sides, keeping them separate. Arrange as many of the apples cheeks, round side down, as you can fit in one layer in the prepared sauté pan, snuggling them together. Top with all of the remaining apple pieces, big and small. You will have two layers of apples.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough out to a 12-inch circle. Trim into an 11-inch circle and prick all over with tines of a fork. Place on top of apples and tuck excess into the sides.
• Place skillet on a burner over high heat and cook until bubbling juices turn deep amber and smell like caramel and brown butter, 13 to 20 minutes. (Lower heat to medium-high if it starts to bubble too vigorously.) The juicier the apples, the longer this will take. The pastry will start to melt over the apples and that is O.K.
• Transfer skillet to the rimmed baking sheet in oven and bake until crust is golden brown, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool for 5 minutes.
• If you made the sorbet, take it out of the freezer about 20 minutes before serving (otherwise it may be too hard to scoop).
• To serve, run a butter knife along the inside edge of the skillet to dislodge any stuck pastry. Put a large serving platter over the skillet and, quickly and carefully using oven mitts, flip the tart onto the serving platter. Cool for at least 15 minutes, then slice and serve, with the sorbet if you like.

TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, place the flours, sugar and butter. Pulse 5 or 6 times in 1/2-second bursts to break up the butter. Add the shortening, turn on the machine and immediately add the ice water, pulsing 2 or 3 times. The dough should look like a mass of smallish lumps and should just hold together in a mass when a handful is pressed together. If the mixture is too dry, pulse in more water by droplets.
• Turn the dough out onto the work surface and with the heel of your hand, rapidly and roughly push egg-size blobs into a 6-inch smear. Gather the dough into a relatively smooth cake, wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 2 hours (or up to 2 days).
• Slice the halved apples into 4 lengthwise wedges each, and toss in a large bowl with the lemon juice and zest and 1/2 cup sugar. Drain the apples after macerating 20 minutes.
• In a 9-inch skillet melt the butter over high heat. Stir in the remaining sugar and cook until the syrup bubbles and caramelizes, and turns a brown color. Remove the pan from the heat and arrange a layer of apple slices in a neat pattern on the caramel in the skillet, then arrange the remaining apples neatly on top.
• Return the pan to moderately high heat and cook for about 25 minutes, covering the pan after 10 minutes. Every few minutes press down on the apples and baste them with the exuded juices. When the juices are thick and syrupy, remove the pan from the heat.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough into a circle, 3/16-inch thick and 1-inch larger than the top of the pan. Drape the dough over the apples, pressing the edge of the dough between the apples and the inside of the pan. Cut 4 small steam holes on the top of the dough. Bake until the pastry has browned and crisped, about 20 minutes.
• Unmold the tart onto a serving dish (so the pastry is on the bottom), and serve warm or cold with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, as desired.

PEAR TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Remove refrigerated pie crust from package, and follow manufacturer's suggestions for unrolling crust. Set aside.
• Combine nutmeg, ginger, and 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl.
• Peel, quarter, and core 4 pears. Slice each quarter into 3 slices, from core end to bottom, and place in a large bowl. Cut remaining pear in half; peel, and core one half and add to the bowl. Peel, core, and slice the other half as directed above and add to the bowl. Drizzle pears with bourbon and sprinkle with spice-sugar mix, tossing to evenly coat.
• Melt butter in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add 2/3 cup white sugar and salt to the melted butter, stirring to combine until mixture bubbles, 2 to 3 minutes. Place the single pear half in the center of the skillet. Fan remaining pear slices around the center, core end to the outside of the skillet and stem end toward the center. If possible, turn the pieces in the same direction. Keep adding pear slices, filling in any gaps, until they are all in the skillet.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, undisturbed, until pears are fork-tender and color develops to the liquid, about 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place a baking sheet on a rack in the lower third of the oven.
• Remove skillet from heat and place unbaked pie shell on top of the fruit, using a fork to tuck the edges of the pie shell toward the bottom of the skillet. Place skillet on the prepared baking sheet in the preheated oven. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake until crust is brown, 28 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Place a heat-safe plate, larger than the skillet, upside down over the crust.
• Use oven mitts to grab the plate and skillet together and quickly flip the skillet contents onto the plate; this move is tricky and requires some forearm strength and dexterity. After the flip, if the contents are not centered on the plate, use a spatula to gently move to the center. Add any fruit that remained in the skillet, and drizzle any remaining liquid over the top of the tarte tatin.
• Allow to sit 15-20 minutes, then serve warm.

TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Peel and core the apples, then cut them into quarters.
• Spread the butter on the bottom of a 12-inch ovensafe nonstick skillet. Mix the sugar, salt and vanilla together to evenly distribute the caviar. Sprinkle the sugar mixture evenly over the butter. Squeeze over the lemon juice.
• Place the apple quarters cut-side up on top. Remember, the bottom will become the top so make it look pretty. Put the pan over medium heat and cook until the sugar melts, caramelizes and begins to thicken. The apples will release their juices during this process, so it could take 10 to 15 minutes. If the juices start getting too dark, lower the heat a little.
• While the apples are cooking, take the puff pastry out of the fridge. Use a knife to cut a circle just big enough to fit over the top of the apples in the skillet. Keep chilled.
• When the sugar has caramelized, place the pastry circle over the apples, gently tucking in the sides. Transfer to the oven and bake until the pastry is risen and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Let rest 10 to 15 minutes.
• Carefully turn the tarte tatin out onto a serving plate. Serve with whipped cream.