"Tarte Tatin"

Finally I took my first cooking lesson. I had a wonderful - first : because it was in Paris and second : I learnt french cuisine. We (group of 4) cooked at "La Cuisine". The Chef was awesome. We had fun cooking and the food tasted awesome. If you like cooking then this should be on your list of things to do when you visit Paris. Here comes one of the recipe that we made. Since I love desserts - I will post "Tarte Tatin" first. It was delicious. It goes very well with whipped cream.... If I ever start a restaurant in India this will be a must on the menu :)))

Ingredients:

Apples - 1.5 kg
Butter - 100 gms
Pastry dough - 1
Powdered sugar - 50 gms
Orange - 1 piece

Procedure:

1. Melt the butter in a small pan. Take a baking mould and butter generously.
2. Powder approximately 25 gms of sugar in to the bottom of the mould
3. Peal the apples and cut in to quarters and garnish the mould with the apples as shown in the figure. The garnish should reach the top level of the mould.
4. Place the pastry dough on the apples and then pack them tightly.
5. Sprinkle the rest of the sugar and add 50 gms of (melted and cooled) clarified butter.
6. Place on the fire for approximately 20 mins till the sugar caramelize. 
7. Sprinkle orange juice once medium cooked. 
8. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 C. 
9. Once you remove it from the oven carefully turn it on to a suitable size serving plate.

Enjoy with whipped cream!!!!!!