Michel Roux Jr’s puff pastry apple tart

Name: Michel Roux Jr’s puff pastry apple tart
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: French recipes
Ingredients: 200g ready-made all-butter puff pastry; 2 tbsp stewed apple or sweet apple sauce (see Know How); 6 apples, peeled, cored and quartered (see Roux’s Rules and Be A Better Cook); 2 tbsp caster sugar; 40g unsalted butter, diced; 1 free-range egg yolk, beaten; Calvados to serve; For the chantilly cream; 250ml double cream; 1 tbsp icing sugar; 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out

By: Michel Roux Jr

Published: 12 Oct 22
Updated: 26 May 25

Michel Roux Jr shares his step-by-step recipe for perfect puff pastry apple tart (tarte aux pommes et calvados). Serve with chantilly cream.

Michel’s story A scion of the Roux family fine-dining dynasty, Michel began his career with a patisserie apprenticeship in Paris. For nearly 30 years he’s been chef-patron of two-Michelin-star restaurant Le Gavroche, opened in 1967 by his late father, Albert, and uncle, Michel Sr. He also oversees the food at London hotel The Langham and teaches at its cookery school, Sauce by The Langham. Michel Roux Jr’s classes are a chance to learn from the main man, while preparing a menu of his design. saucebylangham.com

Serves 10
Hands-on time 20 min, plus chilling. Cooking time 30 min

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Ingredients

200g ready-made all-butter puff pastry
2 tbsp stewed apple or sweet apple sauce (see Know How)
6 apples, peeled, cored and quartered (see Roux’s Rules and Be A Better Cook)
2 tbsp caster sugar
40g unsalted butter, diced
1 free-range egg yolk, beaten
Calvados to serve

For the chantilly cream

250ml double cream
1 tbsp icing sugar
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out

Method

On a clean work surface, roll out the puff pastry into a large, 3mm-thick sheet. Using a bowl or plate, cut a circle about 25cm in diameter. Crimp the edge (see Roux’s Rules), then turn the circle over and lay it directly onto a flat baking tray. Chill in the fridge for at least 10 minutes.
Remove the pastry from the fridge and spread the stewed apple/apple sauce over it, leaving a 1cm border at the edges (this is to anchor the apples in place).
Heat the oven to 180°C fan/gas 6. Cut the apple quarters into slices the thickness of a two-pound coin. Working from the outside in, arrange them on the pastry, fanning them out (see Roux’s Rules). Use the largest slices on the outside and the smallest slices in the middle.
Once all the apples have been laid out, sprinkle over the caster sugar and dot with the cubes of butter. Brush the pastry border with the beaten egg yolk, then bake in the oven for about 30 minutes or until golden brown and risen around the edge (see Roux’s Rules).
For the chantilly cream, whisk the cream, icing sugar and vanilla seeds in a bowl until very soft (floppy) peaks form. Set aside until ready to serve.
When ready to serve, transfer the tart onto a serving plate. Warm a splash of calvados in a small pan. Ignite the alcohol with a match or lighter (be careful of your fingers) and pour over the tart. Serve immediately with the chantilly cream.

Recipe from October 2022 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 288kcals
Fat: 21g (12.8g saturated)
Protein: 2.5g
Carbohydrates: 20g (12.7g sugars)
Fibre: 1.4g
Salt: 0.1g

delicious. tips

If you’re quartering the apples in advance, toss in a little lemon juice and keep in the fridge to prevent them turning brown. The lower temperature and acidity in the juice slows down the oxidation that causes discolouration (this also works for avocados, artichokes, pears etc).
Make your own stewed apples by cooking peeled, cored chunks of apple in a pan with a squeeze of lemon juice and sugar to taste for 10-15 minutes until soft.

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