
“I want to bake something.” “Like what?” “Mmmm, there are many apples left uneaten. Perhaps, some apple tarts.”
That was the conversation between myself and Arnaud. I suspect I have been slowly trained to have a sweet tooth. Whenever I see fruits, no longer I think they are to be eaten raw but more of what I could use them in different ways. As I was full of energy and enthusiastic, I decided to make everything from scratch. (Yes, includes the pastry!)
There is one book, Pastry – Savoury & Sweet by Michel Roux that has been sitting on my bookshelf for a long time. I used it a few times but not as frequent as I would like to. I took the book, flipped through and landed on the page that says apple tart. Looks pretty straight forward and I decided to give it a go.
Based on my experience, it is best to prepare pâte brisée (short crust pastry) and apple compote before hand. This will allow you to cut down a lot of time when comes to assembling the tarts. Assembling apple slices could be a challenge as I wanted to do it my way and from only one direction. Well, more of a patience game to get it done nicely. I definitely need a bit more practice on this.
The recipe is to make a big single apple tart of 24cm. If you want to make small tartlets like I did, make sure you have enough moulds so that everything can be baked in one batch and waste no time to savour them!
These days (especially during weekdays), I have been trying to find ways to cut down time that I spend in the kitchen by preparing things in advance and then put in the fridge for next days. It has worked out well. So, whenever comes to baking, I apply the same workflow to speed up. Preparation in advance for me is necessary as a result of challenging lifestyles we may have in this modern world.
Now, back to the apple tart. What I like most is the glaze on top. It gives such a glistering look and the first bite is so pleasing that you know you are embarking on a sweet journey!
Beautiful tarts! Very classy looking.
Cheers,
Rosa
Thanks Rosa!
Love it when simple conversations inspires for a great recipe idea 🙂
Yeah, that’s true 😉
The arrangement and size of the apple slices are so uniform! Just like a piece of art!
Thanks LK. 🙂
very lovely tarts, beautiful, nice picture
Thank you! 🙂
Lovely. I definitely will try to make a version of this very soon! Merci!
Hope you’ll like it!