Friday 26 September 2008

Tarte Aux Pommes or French Apple tart

I've got to hand it to the French, no one can make pastries quite like they can. A visit to a French patisserie is as much a treat for the eyes as it is for the stomach, the hard part is knowing what to choose! Who can resist an éclair with freshly whipped cream? I know I can't! While their fruit tarts are such beautiful works of art it seems a shame to eat them!
For the most part I'm happy to leave patisserie to the professionals, the level of skill required to produce such elegant pastries is way beyond me. That said I did attempt a classic French apple tart, which although simple still makes an impressive dessert, great if you want to show off!I was pleasantly surprised at just how easy this was to make, although as I had a lot of very small apples to peel it was a little time consuming. The end result was excellent the perfect combination of crisp buttery pastry and soft sweet apples, made even better with a generous pouring of cream but then, what isn't?.

You can find a great recipe for this tart here.

4 comments:

Hopie said...

I agree about the French and pastries. Your apple tart looks delicious and I can just imagine with cream...

Alicia Foodycat said...

This is my favourite sort of apple tart - it looks beautiful!

Unknown said...

your french apple tart looks amazing!!! for the life of me, i hope to finally gather some guts to make one... thanks for sharing... :)

Lore said...

J'aime les pommes des tartes...it's true I rarely eat a raw apple but I can't say no to an apple tart. Looks delicious!