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This savory tarte tatin features earthy beetroot punctuated by a tangy vinaigrette.
By Zita Nagy
Tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart in which the fruit (usually apples) are caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked. Did you know that first it was created by an accident? The Hotel Tatin in Lamotte-Beuvron, France, was run by two sisters, Stéphanie and Caroline Tatin. Stéphanie did most of the cooking. One day she started to make a traditional apple pie but left the apples cooking in butter and sugar for too long. Smelling the burning, she tried to rescue the dish by putting the pastry base on top of the pan of apples, quickly finishing the cooking by putting the whole pan in the oven. After turning out the upside down tart, she was surprised to find how much the hotel guests appreciated the dessert. This is how the classic tart tatin was born.
Of course you can make tart tatin from other fruits and vegetables too. Beetroot is a rich source of potent antioxidants and nutrients, including magnesium, sodium, potassium and vitamin C. It has an earthy flavor that goes well with the tangy parsley vinaigrette.
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- Author: Zita Nagy
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
This savory tarte tatin features earthy beetroot punctuated by a tangy vinaigrette.
Ingredients
For the tart tatin
- 250 g rough puff pastry
- 350 g beetroot, cut into 1 cm thick slices
- 20–30 g butter (vegans should use olive oil)
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 2 teaspoons apple vinegar
- 2 teaspoons cane sugar
- salt, black pepper
For the parsley vinaigrette
- 1 small bunch parsley, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon apple vinegar
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- pinch of cane sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C (356F). Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface (5 mm thick). Take and ovenproof frying pan (or tarte tatin dish) about 20-24 cm in diameter, place it upside dow on the pastry and cut around it. Set aside.
- In a small bowl mix together the vinaigrette’s ingredients and stir to combine.
- Melt the butter with the sunflower oil in the frying pan, add apple vinegar, cane sugar, salt and pepper. Add the sliced beetroot and toss i the juices. Cover the pan with foil, transfer to the oven and bake for about 30-40 minutes at 170-180C (338-356F) until the beetroot are tender.
- Take the pan out from the oven and lay the cut pastry over the beetroot, patting it down and tucking in the edges down the side of the pan. Return to the oven and bake for another 20 minutes until the pastry top is golden brown and puffed up. Leave it to cool, then turn it out by putting the plate over the top and inverting it. Trickle the vinaigrette over the tarte tatin and serve.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Main
Zita's love for cookbooks and delicious food started at the age of 9. Whenever she went home from school her little brother and she would wait for mom to make dinner for them. Until the dinner was ready, she was turning the pages back and forth and was staring at photographs of amazingly looking dishes in mom's cookbooks to kill her appetite somehow. She couldn't have known then, that she would be collecting cookbooks after reaching adulthood and would still be, just like in her childhood, staring at awesome photos of delicious dishes. The only difference is that she does the cooking now. She loves traveling, going to the organic market and browsing foodblogs. Her vegetarian food and travelblog is Zizi's Adventures.