Individual Peach Tarte Tatin Recipes

INDIVIDUAL CAROLINA PEACH TARTE TATINS WITH LEMON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 cup water in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber, occasionally brushing down pan sides with wet pastry brush and swirling pan, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add butter and allow to melt (mixture will bubble vigorously). Stir over low heat until any caramel bits dissolve. Immediately divide caramel evenly among eight 3/4-cup custard cups; cool slightly. Place 1 peach half, cut side up, atop caramel in each custard cup. DO AHEAD: Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place 1 puff pastry sheet on lightly floured surface. Using extra 3/4-cup custard cup as template, place cup upside down on puff pastry sheet. Using small sharp knife, cut around cup, forming dough round. Cut 3 more dough rounds from same puff pastry sheet. Repeat with second puff pastry sheet, making 8 rounds total. Place 1 dough round atop peach in each custard cup, tucking edges of dough around peach in each cup. Brush dough with egg glaze; sprinkle lightly with sugar.
• Bake tarte Tatins until pastry is puffed and deep golden, about 25 minutes. Using oven mitts to protect hands, invert 1 tarte Tatin onto each of 8 plates. Let stand until tarte Tatins cool slightly, 10 to 15 minutes. Place scoop of Lemon Ice Cream alongside each and serve.

PEACH TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Melt the butter in a medium ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the sugar and salt until it looks like wet sand. Reduce the heat to medium and add the peaches. Cook, shaking the skillet, until the syrup is dark brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, trim the corners from the puff pastry to make a round. Remove the skillet from the heat and top the peaches with the puff pastry, tucking in the edges; cut three 2-inch slits into the top.
• Bake until browned on top, about 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in the skillet, then invert onto a rimmed serving plate.

PEAR TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Remove refrigerated pie crust from package, and follow manufacturer's suggestions for unrolling crust. Set aside.
• Combine nutmeg, ginger, and 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl.
• Peel, quarter, and core 4 pears. Slice each quarter into 3 slices, from core end to bottom, and place in a large bowl. Cut remaining pear in half; peel, and core one half and add to the bowl. Peel, core, and slice the other half as directed above and add to the bowl. Drizzle pears with bourbon and sprinkle with spice-sugar mix, tossing to evenly coat.
• Melt butter in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add 2/3 cup white sugar and salt to the melted butter, stirring to combine until mixture bubbles, 2 to 3 minutes. Place the single pear half in the center of the skillet. Fan remaining pear slices around the center, core end to the outside of the skillet and stem end toward the center. If possible, turn the pieces in the same direction. Keep adding pear slices, filling in any gaps, until they are all in the skillet.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, undisturbed, until pears are fork-tender and color develops to the liquid, about 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place a baking sheet on a rack in the lower third of the oven.
• Remove skillet from heat and place unbaked pie shell on top of the fruit, using a fork to tuck the edges of the pie shell toward the bottom of the skillet. Place skillet on the prepared baking sheet in the preheated oven. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake until crust is brown, 28 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Place a heat-safe plate, larger than the skillet, upside down over the crust.
• Use oven mitts to grab the plate and skillet together and quickly flip the skillet contents onto the plate; this move is tricky and requires some forearm strength and dexterity. After the flip, if the contents are not centered on the plate, use a spatula to gently move to the center. Add any fruit that remained in the skillet, and drizzle any remaining liquid over the top of the tarte tatin.
• Allow to sit 15-20 minutes, then serve warm.

PEAR TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Core the pears, then peel as neatly as possible and halve. If you like, they can be prepared up to a day ahead and kept in the fridge, uncovered, so that they dry out.
• Tip the sugar, butter, star anise, cardamom and cinnamon into an ovenproof frying pan, about 20cm wide, and place over a high heat until bubbling. Shake the pan and stir the buttery sauce until it separates and the sugar caramelises to a toffee colour.
• Lay the pears in the pan, then cook in the sauce for 10-12 mins, tossing occasionally, until completely caramelised. Don't worry about them burning - they won't - but you want to caramelise them as much as possible. Splash in the brandy and let it flambé, then set the pears aside.
• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Roll the pastry out to the thickness of a £1 coin. Using a plate slightly larger than the top of the pan, cut out a circle, then press the edges of the circle of pastry to thin them out.
• When the pears have cooled slightly, arrange them in the pan, cut side up, in a floral shape, with the pears around the edge pointing inwards. Rest the cinnamon stick on the top in the centre, with the cardamom pods scattered around.
• Drape the pastry over the pears, then tuck the edges down the pan sides and under the fruit (see Gordon's guide). Pierce the pastry a few times, then bake for 15 mins. If a lot of juice bubbles up the side of the pan, pour it off at this stage (see guide). Reduce oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and bake for 15 mins more until the pastry is golden. Leave the tart to stand for 10 mins, then invert it carefully onto a serving dish.

INDIVIDUAL PEACH TARTS

Steps:

• POACHED PEACHES: In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and 2 cups water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high, and cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolved. Add lemon juice and peaches.
• Simmer until peaches are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 10 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat, and let peaches cool in the poaching liquid. Usin a slotted spoon, remove peaches from poaching liquid, peel, discarding skins.
• Slice peach halves into 6 wedges each. Transfer peaches and poaching liquid to a bowl. Cover; Refrigerate until chilled.
• DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 375°F On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough 1/8-inch thick. using a 5-inch cutter, cut twelve rounds, re-rolling the dough as needed. Brush off excess flour, and gently fit rounds into 3 1/2 -inch tart pans with removable bottoms.
• Trim edges with scissors, a paring knife or rolling pin. Place tart pans on baking sheet . Chill for 30 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove peaches form poaching liquid. Reserve poaching liquid for another use. Arrange three peach wedges in each tart shell.
• In medium bowl, whisk together egg and sugar until thick and pale yellow. Add the flour and salt and whisk until smooth. Whisk in the cream and cognac.
• Spoon custard around peaches in tart shells. Sprinkle lightly with sugar.
• Bake until the custard is puffed and golden, about 35 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve at room temperature.

INDIVIDUAL TARTES TATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Peel apple, halve lengthwise, and core. Using a 1-cup ramekin (3 1/4 inches across and 2 1/4 inches deep) as a guide, cut out 2 rounds from pastry sheet.
• In a 7-inch heavy skillet heat butter over moderate heat until foam subsides and stir in brown sugar and water. Add apple halves and cook, turning frequently, 3 minutes. In two 1-cup ramekins set on a baking sheet arrange apple halves, cored sides up, and top evenly with sauce.
• Top apples with pastry rounds, letting edges of pastry hang over sides of apples. Bake tarts in middle of oven for 20 minutes, or until pastry is puffed and golden brown, and cool on a rack 5 minutes. Working with 1 ramekin at a time, invert a plate over each ramekin and invert ramekin onto plate. Carefully lift off ramekins.
• Serve tarts with ice cream.

PEACH TARTE TATINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil. Blanch peaches in boiling water 15 to 20 seconds; remove with a slotted spoon. Use a paring knife to peel and cut peaches in half. Remove pits, and reserve four peach halves. Quarter remaining peach halves.
• Butter four 5-inch tart pans with removable bottoms; dust with sugar. Arrange eight peach segments around edge of each pan, and place a reserved peach half cut side up in the center. Loosely wrap bottoms of pans with foil; place on baking sheet. Bake until peaches are tender and sugar and juices start to caramelize, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool 10 minutes.
• Cover tart pans with a layer of plastic wrap, and place another baking sheet on top to gently flatten peaches. Place filled cans or other weights on top of the baking sheet, and transfer to refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour.
• Raise oven temperature to 400 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll puff pastry to 1/8 inch thick, and cut out four 5 1/2-inch circles. Place rounds on buttered rimmed baking sheet, and transfer to freezer for 10 minutes. Remove from freezer, and place another baking sheet, buttered on the bottom, on top of the pastry rounds. Bake until golden brown and crisp, about 30 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool.
• Make caramel sauce: Combine remaining 3/4 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons butter with the water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, gently swirling pan occasionally to evenly color, until caramel is a medium amber color, 6 to 8 minutes. Wash down sides of pan with a pastry brush dipped in water to prevent sugar crystals from forming. Remove from heat, and slowly add heavy cream, stirring to combine. Be careful when adding cream to the caramel, as it will bubble vigorously. Set aside.
• Remove tarts from refrigerator, and place a pastry crust on top of each. Invert onto serving plates; pour about 3 tablespoons caramel sauce over each. Garnish with pistachios or sugared almonds, if desired. Serve immediately.

PEACH TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• For crust---------------.
• Blend first 5 ingredients in processor.
• Using on/off turns, cut in butter until coarse meal forms.
• Add 3 tablespoons ice water and vinegar; using on/off turns, blend until moist clumps form, adding more water if dough is dry.
• Gather dough into ball.
• Flatten into disk.
• Wrap in plastic; chill at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 11-inch round.
• Transfer to rimless baking sheet.
• Cover and refrigerate while preparing filling.
• For filling--------------.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Stir sugar and 3 tablespoons water in heavy ovenproof (preferably cast-iron) 9-inch-diameter skillet with 2-inch-high sides over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
• Increase heat to high and boil without stirring until syrup turns light amber color, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush, about 6 minutes.
• Turn off heat.
• Add butter; stir until melted and smooth.
• Cool 2 minutes.
• Place 1 peach half, rounded side down, in center of pan.
• Arrange peach quarters close together, rounded side down, in concentric circles around peach half.
• Press remaining peach half and quarters, rounded side down, atop first layer.
• Cook over medium heat until caramel is bubbling thickly, about 20 minutes.
• Place chilled pastry atop hot fruit.
• Let stand 3 minutes to soften.
• Tuck dough edges around fruit.
• Bake tart until crust is golden and filling thickens and darkens, about 30 minutes.
• Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes.
• Place platter atop skillet.
• Using oven mitts, invert tart onto platter.
• Serve warm with whipped cream.