Tuesdays with Dorie BCM: Apple Tarte Flambé

September 13, 2016 at 12:01 am | Posted in BCM, groups, pies & tarts, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 6 Comments
Tags: baking, fruit, tarts

I guess it’s about to be fall here, although the outside temperature isn’t quite on board with that yet. Maybe I’ll hurry things along by baking up an apple dessert, like this Apple Tarte Flambé. Everyone says that tarte flambé can be thought of as Alsatian pizza, so I’ll repeat it. Usually it’s savory, with onions and bacon (like the Alsatian Onion Tart we made a while back), so this one’s a twist, with a sweet creamy topping and see-through slices of mandolined apple on top of a thin yeasted base.

It’s key to roll the dough on this really thin. It shouldn’t really have much of an outer crust at all. Pricking the dough all over the place also helps keeps it from poofing up in the oven. I used a red apple, and would do so again, if only because the paper-thin slices bake up with such pretty frilly pink edges. Once this tarte is out of the oven, it’s time to slice and eat it straight away, when it’s crispiest and most delicious.

For the recipe, see Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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Wasn’t this delicious? I loved how easy the dough was! Yours is so pretty – I used red apples too and loved the effect!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— September 13, 2016 #

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I am looking forward to making this next. I saw your cookiesandkindness post on Dorie’s website:)

Comment by Diane Zwang— September 13, 2016 #

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super pretty tart!

Comment by goldenlifephx— September 14, 2016 #

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This is so pretty. And it looks delicious! I look forward to making one myself.

Comment by Nicole @ The 2nd 35 Years— September 14, 2016 #

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Thinness (of dough and apples) sets this tarte/pizza apart. I love the texture of it.

Comment by Shirley @ Flourishen Test Kitchen— September 14, 2016 #

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How beautiful are those paper-thin apples on top! Love it, Steph.

Comment by saffronandhoney— September 21, 2016 #

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