This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe for Parisian Apple Tartlets was chosen by Jessica of My Baking Heart. I am going to keep this post short and sweet because I am in a bit of a rush. This recipe was super easy…but that is where my excitement for these tartlets ended. Although it’s simple and seemed to have a lot of potential, I was not a fan of this recipe at all! I made one small peach tartlet and one apple the pastry puffed up nicely, but the brown sugar became way too dark and fell off the tartlets. Once the sugar melted in the 400 degree oven, it burnt and made the bottoms of my tartlets very dark and not so tasty. I tried one bite of each and chucked them into the trash…I am glad I did not buy the fancy schmancy pastry dough. They did look really pretty, but next time I will leave the sugar off until the last few minutes. I am sure many people had success with this recipe…so, if you are interested in more Parisian Tartlets, head over to the Tuesdays with Dorie site! If ya want the recipe, check out Jessica’s blog. Have a great day and thanks so much stopping by!
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Beautiful tart!!
Simple, elegant, classy and at the same time whimsical and very original! Perfectly executed! Bravo!
Those are SO pretty! How can you even stand to eat them?
Well, that stinks! As you mentioned they did look pretty.
~ingrid
we loved these! I think pear would be a great substitute or addition to the apples.
Yours look delicious.
Well, they're really pretty even if you didn't end up liking them. There's always next week. And you're right – good thing you didn't spring for the expensive pastry!
Oh no! I'm sorry they weren't a hit for you. Luckily it didn't take long and you didn't pop for the expensive pastry! It sure looked pretty though;)
It looks lovely…too bad it just wasn't for you as this is one very easy dessert. We all loved it here, so I feel a little sad that you didn't have such good luck with it. It looks nice on that plate!
Gorgeous.
I'm so sorry they didn't turn out how you wanted, but thanks for baking along with me this week! Your pictures are beautiful!!
Bummer for you, but your photo is seriously great. I scream, you scream….;)
Your tartlet looks amazing! Yum!
Even if you didn't like it, you made it look very pretty for the photos! I had some sugar mess too, but it mostly was on the cookie sheet and not my tarts.
I can see the sugar burning the bottom yikes! All in all though, that tart is adorable! Great top shot too.
woww, your tart looks exactly like the picture!
great jobbb<3
apple and peach, yum!
Your little tart looks so nice! Especially with the little mint sprigs on top! (My peaches were rock hard – I'll try again some time later with better fruit!)
mine did that too–there was a black ring of burned sugar around the bottom edge…boo. but they're so pretty!
That looks fantastic. sorry it didn't work out taste wise. I decided to use a caramel sauce on mine toward the end. Much better than bn. sugar and butter.
I think the tarts look awesome.
Beautiful photos (and your tarts look perfect!) So sorry this one was disappointing for you!