Tarte tatin

A decadent version of the classic apple pie, tarte Tatin consists of sliced apples seasoned with butter, sugar, and cinnamon, topped with a buttery pie crust pastry, and baked until the apples become golden and syrupy. The whole cake is then inverted upside-down on a serving platter.

The name of this dessert honors the Tatin sisters, the owners of a restaurant near the city of Orléans who invented the recipe in the early 1900s. However, the cake gained huge popularity when the famous Maxim's Restaurant put it on their menu.

Tarte Tatin is best served warm, accompanied by a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and topped with some créme fraîche that melts on contact.