Individual Carolina Peach Tarte Tatins With Lemon Ice Cream Recipes

INDIVIDUAL CAROLINA PEACH TARTE TATINS WITH LEMON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 cup water in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber, occasionally brushing down pan sides with wet pastry brush and swirling pan, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add butter and allow to melt (mixture will bubble vigorously). Stir over low heat until any caramel bits dissolve. Immediately divide caramel evenly among eight 3/4-cup custard cups; cool slightly. Place 1 peach half, cut side up, atop caramel in each custard cup. DO AHEAD: Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place 1 puff pastry sheet on lightly floured surface. Using extra 3/4-cup custard cup as template, place cup upside down on puff pastry sheet. Using small sharp knife, cut around cup, forming dough round. Cut 3 more dough rounds from same puff pastry sheet. Repeat with second puff pastry sheet, making 8 rounds total. Place 1 dough round atop peach in each custard cup, tucking edges of dough around peach in each cup. Brush dough with egg glaze; sprinkle lightly with sugar.
• Bake tarte Tatins until pastry is puffed and deep golden, about 25 minutes. Using oven mitts to protect hands, invert 1 tarte Tatin onto each of 8 plates. Let stand until tarte Tatins cool slightly, 10 to 15 minutes. Place scoop of Lemon Ice Cream alongside each and serve.

INDIVIDUAL PEACH TARTE TATIN

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan until it bubbles. Add the sugar and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth. Add the vanilla bean and cinnamon stick and stir to combine, pressing on the vanilla bean to bring out the vanilla seeds inside. Continue simmering until caramel in color, about 5 minutes. The mixture might not look smooth and blended at this point.
• Stir in the brandy, lemon juice and orange zest and continue cooking until smooth, about 5 minutes more. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F and arrange the ramekins on a cookie sheet. Pour 2 tablespoons of caramel into the bottom of each ramekin. Arrange 1 peach half in each ramekin. Pour a little more caramel over the peaches and bake until the caramel is bubbling and the peaches are almost tender, 15 to 20 minutes. (The recipe can be made up to this point, cooled to room temperature, and refrigerated overnight. Bring to room temperature before proceeding.)
• Meanwhile, use a cutter or sharp knife, cut the puff pastry into 12 rounds, slightly larger than the diameter of your ramekins (they will shrink during the baking). Remove the ramekins from the oven and turn it up to 425 degrees F. Top each ramekin with a round of puff pastry and bake until the pastry is golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Let cool at least 1 hour or up to 8 hours. When ready to serve, re-warm the tarts slightly to loosen the caramel by placing them in a shallow pan of very hot water, or on a flame tamer on your stovetop, set over medium heat. Unmold upside down onto small plates and serve, with the peaches up and the pastry on the bottom.