Tuesdays with Dorie | Parisian Apple Tartlet with Burnt Salted Caramel Sauce

The easiest Parisian Apple Tartlet recipe ever!  Dorie Greenspan of Baking, from my home to yours, hit it right on, again with this easy tart recipe:  puff pastry lined with apple chunks, brown sugar and dots of butter, baked to perfection!  A great recipe to have on hand for when you need an easy dessert in a hurry.

Jessica of My Baking Heart is the hostess for this week’s Tuesday With Dorie challenge and she picked the perfect Parisian Apple Tartlet.  As soon as I saw the recipe, I had flash backs to one of our favorite restaurants in Paris,  Au Gamin de Paris.  They have by far the best apple tart I have ever had (little secret I am not a big apple pie fan), it is not overly sweet, the crust is not too flaky and it has a layer of caramel sauce which is so subtle but compliments the apples so incredibly well.  I knew that this recipe would become our Au Gamin de Paris tart and I was absolutely right!

I was going to make my own puff pastry but due to time, I used my favorite frozen brand, Dufour.  As well I opted to use a fluted tart pan as I wanted it to be somewhat elegant;  we were taking it for friend’s for dessert.  I used tart Granny smith apples, which I quartered and kept in chunks and I melted the butter and brown sugar together to form a glaze, which I brushed over the apples and crust before baking.  We served the tart with homemade vanilla bean ice cream (recipe will come separately) and a burnt grey sea salt caramel sauce – it was fantastic!

You will definitely want to over indulge today and check out the TWD site for more Parisian Apple Tartlets!

Recipe:  Parisian Apple Tartlet

This recipe as well as all of the Tuesday with Dorie recipes can be found in this book, which I highly recommend.  If you only need to have one go to cookbook on baking, this is it!   Or you can visit Jessica’s site.

Recipe:  Burnt Grey Sea Salt Caramel Sauce