French Caramel Apple Tart

[lsanderson]

Why This Recipe Works
For an impressive yet effortless French apple tart, we started with two supermarket staples: store-bought pie dough and jarred caramel sauce. The pie dough gave us a light, flaky tart shell, while the caramel sauce provided a sweet, glazy coating for our apple slices. For complexity, we added a bit of vanilla, plus a rather unexpected ingredient: garam masala. Microwaving the apples drove off moisture that would have made the bottom of the crust soggy. Glazing our baked tart with more caramel gave it an elegant shine, and vanilla ice cream made the perfect garnish. Moar

Comments

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Wow. That looks fabulous, and fabulously easy. I see the acquisition of a tart pan in my future.

Si!

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

If you don't have garam marsala, I'd recommend the old sweet spices: cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper.

If I was really crazy, I'd do a sweet shortcrust pastry, but store bought pie dough is much, much, much easier.

Re: Si!

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

"If you don't have garam marsala, I'd recommend the old sweet spices: cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper."

What?! You're suggesting I miss the opportunity for a Penzeys run? You?! Who are you and what did you do with Our Larry?

Re: Si!

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Oh heck no. I just know it would take me years to work through a bottle, and by then, it would have lost its punch. At $4.89 for 1/4 cup, I don't think it's going to break the bank. And it'll make lottsa apple tarts!

"Hand-mixed from: Moroccan coriander, Tellicherry black peppercorns, cardamom, Korintje cassia cinnamon, kalonji, caraway, cloves, ginger and nutmeg."

The coriander is going to go off into the orange family, and it seems will be perfectly lovely.

kalonji = Nigella Sativa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella_sativa)

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

If you get a tart pan, hold out for the kind with a separate bottom. It makes slicing the tart so much easier and neater.