Autumn Is the Time of Year for a Tarte

Autumn is the time of year for a tarte

Autumn brings an abundance of apples, and when there are bushelsful, it’s time to make dessert. This upside-down apple tart is a classic French dessert, known as a tarte tatin. It requires the fruit to simmer in a slick of butter and sugar until a burnished caramel forms and the fruit softens. Apples are fine fall contenders for this seasonal tart. They are firm enough to hold their shape while acquiescing to the bubbling caramel, as they soften…

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Apples are fine fall contenders for seasonal tart

Autumn brings an abundance of apples, and when there are bushelsful, it's time to make dessert. This upside-down apple tart is a classic French dessert, known as a tarte tatin. It requires the fruit to simmer in a slick of butter and sugar until a burnished caramel forms and the fruit softens. Apples are fine fall contenders for this seasonal tart. They are firm enough to hold their shape while acquiescing to the bubbling caramel, as they soften…