a tart tart tatin

tonight while casually keeping watch on the san francisco giants third victory over the texas rangers (kacie's boyfriend alan is a huge baseball fan) i lovingly attended to some tart tatin. tart tatin is a french apple pie of sorts. making this dessert involves cooking apples in butter and sugar on the stove top till the juices have begun to thicken. then its covered with blitz puff dough and baked off in the oven where the crust achieves a flaky golden brown. once out of the oven the whole thing is inverted onto a serving dish.

the initial cook on the stove top allows the apples to caramelize giving the tart its unique flavor. i threw a few dried sour cherries in this time for kicks, but in hindsight would have liked to soak them in brandy beforehand for they ended up a little chewy. they also covered up the decorative apple arrangement that i constructed while filling the pan, but overall it was a success.