Tarte Tatin

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 170 g plain flour
• 55 g rice flour
• 140 g cold butter
• 55 g caster sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 110 g butter
• 110 g granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 kg cooking apples, peeled,cored and thickly sliced
• 1 lemon, zest of

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 190 c or 375°f make the pastry.
• 2 you can do this by hand, using a wooden spoon as much as possible so your hands don't warm up the butter, but i find it easier to use a food processor.
• 3 start by sifting the flour and ground rice into a large bowl.
• 4 rub in the butter or whizz in the food processor until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• 5 stir in the sugar.
• 6 add the egg and bind the dough together.
• 7 refrigerate while you prepare the topping.
• 8 melt the butter in a 25 cm or 10 inch deep frying pan with a metal handle.
• 9 add the sugar and remove from the heat.
• 10 arrange the apple slices over the melted butter and sugar in the base of the frying pan.
• 11 sprinkle on the lemon zest and return to a medium heat.
• 12 cook until the sugar starts to caramelize.
• 13 it will take 15-20 minutes and you will be able to smell the change.
• 14 the apples must turn a beautiful brown underneat.
• 15 remove from the heat.
• 16 while the topping is cooking, you can roll the pastry into a circle big enough to cover the top of the pan and about 5mm or 1/4 inch thick.
• 17 place over the top of the pan, trim to fit and bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
• 18 if you like, you can use a fork before baking to make a pretty design on top of the pastry.
• 19 serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.