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Tarte Tatin
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Tarte Tatin – Vegan version

A classic upside-down apple tart with rich caramel and margarine, an impressive French dessert Vegan version: Margarine.

⏱ 55 minMake ahead: 8 hr🍽 8 servings 🌍 French👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Wrapping Dough

  1. 1
    Thaw the puff pastry in the fridge overnight, until pliable but still cold.
    Refrigerator
    💡Work with store-bought dough while it's cold: warm puff pastry gets sticky and won't puff in the oven, and phyllo sheets dry out fast, so keep the waiting sheets covered with a damp towel.

To assemble

  1. 2
    Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 3
    Put the margarine and sugar in an ovenproof pan and cook over medium heat until a deep brown caramel forms.
    StoveCast-iron pan
  3. 4
    Add the lemon juice and cinnamon to the caramel and stir.
  4. 5
    Cut the apples into wedges and arrange them tightly, in circles, over the caramel.
    KnifeCutting board
  5. 6
    Lay the pastry over the apples and tuck its edges in along the side of the pan.
  6. 7
    Bake 30 minutes, until the pastry is puffed and browned.
    ⚙ BakingOvenCast-iron pan
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  7. 8
    Let cool 10 minutes, set a serving plate over the pan and invert in one quick motion.
    Plate
    💡Invert while the caramel is still hot and runny: cooled caramel glues the apples to the pan.
  8. 9
    Serve with ice cream.
397calories
2 gprotein
49 gcarbs
22 gfat
● protein 2%● carbs 49%● fat 49%

Per serving (206 g), of 8 servings

For the Wrapping Dough · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Cast-iron pan · Also works: Grill pan (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Frying pan (Holds less heat, weaker sear)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Plate · Also works: Serving platter (None)

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