Maple-Pear Tarte Tatin

Maple-pear tarte tatin poaches pears in a maple caramel sauce before baking with a traditional puff pastry crust. It's a simple yet elegant dessert.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 329 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 4 firm pears - peeled, cored, and halved, or more as needed
• 0.25 cup butter
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.33333334326744 cup brown sugar
• 0.25 cup maple syrup
• 0.5 (17.3 ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Roll puff pastry out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness; place in refrigerator.

Step 3

Melt butter in a 9-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat; add brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Stir in maple syrup; cook and stir until begins to bubble. Remove skillet from heat.

Step 4

Place 1 pear half, cut-side up, into center of skillet. Cut remaining pear halves in half; arrange pear quarters around center pear, cut-sides up.

Step 5

Place skillet over medium-low heat; cook pears, basting with syrup mixture, until pears begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.

Step 6

Place puff pastry over pears, tucking edges around pears in skillet.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until pastry is puffed and golden, about 20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Place a serving plate over skillet; carefully invert to release tart onto plate (skillet will still be hot). Serve warm.