Easy Spanish Apple Tart Recipe
Try this wonderful Spanish Apple Tart Recipe (Tarta Tatin de manzana) made with a puff pastry base, serve it with fresh cream or your favourite ice cream, perfect as a dessert or as a afternoon treat with a cup of Spanish Coffee
Try this slightly different recipe here - Creamy Spanish Apple Tart
Ingredients
6 Golden Apples
Juice of ½ lemon
Fresh puff pastry (Look for Masa fresca de Hojaldre in a Spanish Supermarket)
100 g of white sugar
50 g of unsalted butter
Mint leaves for decoration
Spanish Apple Tart Recipe
Method
Preheat oven to 180º
For the caramel, slowly heat 100 g of sugar. When is golden, add the butter and beat vigorously. remove and pour the mixture into a round mould.
Peel and cut the apples into large wedges and Soak them in the juice of half a lemon so they don't brown.
Arrange the segments in the mould, on top of the caramel, with the thickest part facing down, try and make sure there are no empty spaces.
Roll out a sheet of puff pastry large enough to cover all the apples. Cut off the excess dough.
Cook in the preheated oven for 30 minutes
Take the tart out of the mould, leaving it upside down so the puff pastry is below and apple with caramel on top.
Serve in portions with one or two mint leaves to decorate. It can be served hot or cold.
Caramel Sauce Recipe
We all know that apples and caramel sauce go well together, so here is a really simple, but delicious Caramel Sauce recipe
250g caster sugar
4 tbsp water
142ml pot double cream
50g butter
Pour the sugar into a heavy-based frying pan, stir in the water, place over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Turn up the heat and bubble for 4-5 mins until you have caramel. Take off the heat, then carefully stir in the cream and butter. Leave the sauce to cool, then tip into a squeezy bottle.
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