French Dessert Recipes - Tarte Tatin

Just spent a lovely morning with my French teacher learning how to cook the classic French dessert Tarte Tatin. The lesson was in French and it was great for our vocabulary learning! It was really easy to make and the result was wonderful. Here is the recipe in English: peel and core six yellow golden delicious apples and sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent discoloration, add 100g butter to a frying pan on a low heat, when melted add 100g vanilla sugar (ordinary sugar will do), stir until the mixture thickens and becomes caramelized. Add the apple slices to the sugar mixture and coat the apples in the sauce. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring now and again to prevent burning. The mixture should be a rich golden brown. Meanwhile heat your oven to 200 degrees. When the apples are cooked tip them into a buttered flan dish or tarte tatin tin if you have one. Take a packet of ready-made and ready-rolled puff pastry and unroll it and lay it across the tin. Fold the excess pastry into the case around the edges. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes. When it is browned take it out of the oven and leave it to rest for 15 minutes. When cooler but not cold put a plate over it and turn it over onto the plate. Et  le voilà ! Serve warm or hot with vanilla ice cream or creme fraiche.