Caramelized Apple Tarte Fine

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 3 Apples, Small

• Baking & Spices

  • 40 g Blond unrefined cane sugar
  • 1 pinch Sea salt, fine

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Quick and easy puff pastry

• Dairy

  • 40 g Butter, high quality unsalted

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Ingredients

• 40 grams (3 tablespoons) high-quality unsalted butter, melted
• 40 grams (3 tablespoons) blond unrefined cane sugar
• 1 quick and easy puff pastry (you can substitute a sheet of store-bought, all-butter puff pastry, about 250 grams or 9 ounces, thawed if frozen, but it will be a lot better with the homemade pastry)
• 3 small apples, about 450 grams (1 pound), peeled, cored, and thinly sliced into circles
• 1 pinch fine sea salt

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F).
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and brush the parchment paper with half the melted butter to form a 25-cm (10-inch) disk shape. Sprinkle that zone with half the sugar.
• Roll out the puff pastry on a lightly floured work surface until you can cut out a 25-cm (10-inch) circle using an upturned cake pan or plate as a template. (Stack up the scraps of puff pastry and keep well-wrapped in the fridge to make palmiers.)
• Transfer the pastry circle cautiously to the prepared sheet, placing it exactly on top of the buttered and sugared area.
• Arrange the apple slices in an overlapping pattern on top of the pastry, starting from the outside and leaving a 1.5-cm (1/2-inch) margin. Brush the margin and the apples with the remaining butter, and sprinkle with a touch of salt.
• Insert into the oven and bake for 30 minutes, until the apple slices feel soft when pierced with the tip of a knife.
• Sprinkle with the remaining sugar and place under the broiler for 2 minutes, watching closely, until the sugar is caramelized.
• Let cool and serve, slightly warm or at room temperature.