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Mini apple tarte tatins

Name: Mini apple tarte tatin recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: /french
Ingredients: 110g white sugar; 50g salted butter, chopped; 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, halved, cored; Calvados (French apple brandy, substitute regular brandy), to drizzle; 375g sheet frozen puff pastry, just thawed (we used Carême); Creme fraiche, to serve (optional)

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by Lucy Nunes

Delicious Team

May 02, 2025

The classic French tarte tatin is already a delectably easy recipe to make at home, but we've just made it even easier, converting it into simple single-serve desserts that you can whip up for guests or family in just 45 minutes from start to finish. Très bien!

You’ll need a 6-hole, ¾-cup (180ml) capacity Texas muffin pan for this recipe.

½ cup (110g) white sugar
50g salted butter, chopped
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, halved, cored
Calvados (French apple brandy, substitute regular brandy), to drizzle
375g sheet frozen puff pastry, just thawed (we used Carême)
Creme fraiche, to serve (optional)

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced.
2.

Heat a medium frypan over high heat. Add sugar and cook, tossing regularly, for 5 minutes, or until sugar melts and turns a golden caramel. Add butter and swirl pan until butter melts. Pour evenly into a 6-hole, ¾-cup (180ml) capacity Texas muffin pan. Cut each half apple into 4 wedges and place, cut-side up, in pan holes. Drizzle with a little Calvados. Cut 6 x 9cm rounds from pastry and place over apple, tucking edges of pastry into pan holes. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until pastry is puffed and golden.
3.

Using a small knife, run around the inside of each hole to loosen any caught pastry, then carefully turn pan onto a lipped serving plate.
4.

Serve tartes warm, with a dollop of creme fraiche, if desired.