Description
This elegant Puff Pastry Apple Tart, inspired by Michel Roux Jr, features a flaky pastry base topped with sweet apples and served with luscious chantilly cream. A delightful dessert that impresses with its simplicity and flavor.
Ingredients
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For the Tart:
- 200g ready-made all-butter puff pastry
- 2 tablespoons stewed apple or sweet apple sauce
- 6 apples, peeled, cored, and quartered
- 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 40g unsalted butter, diced
- 1 free-range egg yolk, beaten
- Calvados (optional, to serve)
For the Chantilly Cream:
- 250ml double cream
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
- 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out
Instructions
- Prepare the pastry: Roll out the puff pastry on a clean surface into a large, 3mm-thick sheet. Cut a circle about 25cm in diameter using a bowl or plate. Crimp the edge and flip the dough over onto a baking tray. Chill for at least 10 minutes.
- Spread apple sauce: Take out the pastry and spread the stewed apple/apple sauce over it, leaving a 1cm border around the edges.
- Preheat oven: Heat the oven to 180°C fan/gas 6.
- Prepare apples: Slice the apple quarters into pieces about the thickness of a two-pound coin.
- Arrange apples: Starting from the outside, arrange the apple slices on the pastry in a fan-like pattern, working your way inwards. Use the biggest slices on the outside and the smallest in the middle.
- Bake the tart: Sprinkle the caster sugar over the apples and dot them with diced butter. Brush the pastry border with the beaten egg yolk. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown and risen around the edge.
- Make chantilly cream: In a bowl, whisk together the double cream, icing sugar, and vanilla seeds until soft peaks form. Set aside.
- Serve: Transfer the tart to a serving plate. If using calvados, warm a splash in a small pan, ignite the alcohol with caution, and pour it over the tart. Serve immediately with chantilly cream.
Notes
- Serve warm for the best flavor and texture.
- Calvados adds a wonderful depth of flavor if you choose to use it.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: french
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 50mg