Caramel Apple Tartlets
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

Tart Dough:
1/2 recipe Pte Brisée (see below)
Filling:
2 medium apples, peeled, cored, and chopped.
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cloves
pinch of allspice
1 teaspoon all purpose flour

Caramel Sauce:
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
splash of vanilla
3 tablespoons heavy cream plus more for thinning

Instructions

Make Pte Brisée (see recipe below for instructions on how to prepare and blind bake).
Preheat oven to 375.

To make caramel filling, melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the flour and whisk to form a roux. Whisk for several minutes to remove starchy taste.
Add water and sugars, then bring to a boil. Continue whisking and reduce to a simmer. Cook for several minutes, until the sauce is completely smooth.
Whisk in cream and vanilla. Set aside.
After your apples are peeled, cored, and chopped, mix them in a small bowl with the spices.
Evenly divide the apples between the 6 tartlets. Drizzle with caramel sauce.. If the sauce is too thick, whisk in additional cream to reach a thick but pourable consistency. Save any leftover sauce to serve with the tarts.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, until sauce is bubbly.
Allow to cool a bit before serving.

Pte Brisée
Ingredients

12 ounces all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
7 ounces cold butter, chopped
1/3 cup cold water
Instructions

Add flour, butter and salt into a food processor
Pulse on and off until the mixture is crumbly.
Slowly add the water with the machine running just until the dough forms a ball.
Chill for at least 2 hours.
Roll into tartlet molds, chill for 30 minutes, dock, and then blind bake at 400 degrees for around 20 minutes, or until crust is golden and flaky (see notes).

Notes

You need to work very carefully with the dough here. Since the tartlets are small, you want to roll the dough as thin as possible. Paper thin, if you can. If there is a lot of dough in each tartlet, the filling won't stand out.

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:41:23 -0700 (PDT), Recipes in Victoria
> wrote:

> Caramel Apple Tartlets
> Yield: 6 servings

I'm saving this recipe to look at more closely later, thanks for
posting!

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