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Caroline and Stéphanie Tatin. The tarte Tatin (French pronunciation: [taʁt tatɛ̃]), named after the Tatin sisters who invented it and served it in their hotel as its signature dish, is a pastry in which the fruit (usually apples) is caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked.
Normandy tart is a shortcrust pastry-based (pâte brisée) variant of the apple tart made in Normandy filled with apples, sliced almonds and sugar, topped with creamy egg custard and baked until the topping is slightly caramelised. It is also known in French as la Tarte Normande.
The French word tarte can be translated to mean either pie or tart, as both are mainly the same except a pie usually covers the filling in pastry, while flans and tarts leave it open. [1] While many tarts are also tart , in the sense of sour in taste, this appears to be a coincidence; the etymologies of the two senses of the word are quite ...
Mendiant – Traditional French confectionery [4] Mont Blanc – Chestnut-based dessert; Norman Tart – French almond dessert; Opera cake – French almond cake with chocolate and coffee fillings; Pain d'épices – French quick bread
Calvados apples. Calvados is distilled from cider made from specially grown and selected apples, from over 200 named varieties. It is not uncommon for a calvados producer to use over 100 specific varieties of apples [citation needed] which are either sweet (such as the 'Rouge Duret' variety), tart (such as the 'Rambault' variety), or bitter (such as the 'Mettais', 'Saint Martin', 'Frequin ...
A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savory, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard. The croustade, crostata, galette, tarte tatin and turnovers are various types of pies and tarts.
An apple pie is a pie in which the principal filling is apples. Apple pie is often served with whipped cream, ice cream ("apple pie à la mode"), custard or cheddar cheese. [3] It is generally double-crusted, with pastry both above and below the filling; the upper crust may be solid or latticed (woven of crosswise strips).
Baked apple – Culinary dish; Brown Betty – American dessert; Calvados – French apple brandy; Calvados Roger Groult – Brandy produced in France; Candy apple – Whole apple with a hard candy coating; Caramel apple – Apple covered with caramel and sometimes nuts; Cider – Fermented alcoholic beverage from apple juice