This recipe for Parisian Apple Tartlet is reprinted with permission from Dorie Greenspan's cookbook - Baking From My Home to Yours, Houghton Mifflin 2006.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 - 1/8-inch-thick 4-inch circle cold puff pastry
- 1/2 firm sweet apple, such as a Golden Delicious or Fuji, peeled and cored
- light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cold butter, cut into 3 pieces
Preparation:
Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat and put the pastry circle on the sheet.
Cut the apple half into 4 chunks and center the chunks on the pastry circle. Sprinkle the apple with 1 or 2 teaspoons brown sugar-depending on how much sweetness you want-and do with the bits of butter.
Bake the tartlet for about 25 minutes (the time will vary depending on how your apple bakes), until the pastry is deeply browned and puffed up around the apple and the apple can be easily pierced with the tip of a knife.
Transfer the baking sheet to a rack and let the tartlet cool-it's great just a little warm and equally good at room temperature.
