Name: Rustic Apple Tarts with Calvados Whipped Cream
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/3 cup plus 1/2 tablespoon sugar; 1/2 cup apple cider or apple juice; 1 tablespoon cider vinegar; 1 lb small Gala apples (about 4; left unpeeled); 1 frozen puff pastry sheet (from a 17 1/4-oz package), thawed; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon Calvados; 1/2 cup chilled heavy cream; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon Calvados; an adjustable-blade slicer

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Rustic Apple Tarts with Calvados Whipped CreamRomulo Yanes

Though these tarts look and taste as if a French grandmother had slaved over them, the abbreviated cooking time is more suited to an American's pace. The apples, cooked first in syrup, are juicy and intense.

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