Now this is how you take tarts to new heights.
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Here’s what you will need:
Makes 6 tarts
Equipment:
* A large muffin tin. We used this one.
Ingredients:
* 3 apples, preferably Pink Lady or Braeburn (for one muffin tin's worth of apples)
* 1 cup sugar
* 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
* 1 tsp salt
* 1/2 of a lemon
* 1 sheet of puff pastry
Directions:
To begin, cut puff pastry into circles to fit just within the top of your muffin tin. Then peel, halve, and core your apples. You'll need one apple for every two tarts.
NOTE: Melon ballers make a good tool for coring halved apples.
In a medium sauce pan (about 3 quarts), slowly heat 1 cup of sugar. You'll want to stir frequently until it dissolves into a brown syrup. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter into the sugar, stirring frequently. Add a dash of salt and the juice from 1/2 lemon. Lower the heat as low as it will go and add your apple halves. Toss to coat with caramel and let simmer 5–10 minutes until tender, flipping once.
Place apple halves curve-side down in a large muffin tin. Pour remaining caramel over each apple half. Top with a circle of puff pastry to fit just inside the muffin tin. Bake 14–20 minutes at 450°F. Invert muffin pan onto baking sheet immediately. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
h/t Alison Roman for the recipe.