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Tarte à l'coloche

This is a tart from northern France combining apples with caramel.

The name in the ch'ti dialect means "bubble tart", on account of the bubbles made by the caramel while it is cooking.

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For 3 tarts, you will need:

1 1 litre 50 ml Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée)
2 225 mls caster sugar
3 240 mls cream
4 6 Eggs
5 240 mls brown sugar
6 900 mls Stewed apple (compote)
7 2 litres 400 ml apple
8 154.8 mls butter
9 150 mls brown sugar

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47 min.	1 hour	1 hour 47 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

The pastry case

Roll out 1 litre 50 ml Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée) to 1/8 inch (3 mm) thick and line a 10-inch (26 cm) tin or ring. Leave the spare pastry overhanging around the edge, then sit the tin on a baking sheet and refrigerate until needed.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare a light caramel with 225 mls caster sugar (follow these tips).

Stage 3 - 2 min.

When the caramel has cooled slightly (2 or 3 minutes off the heat), add 240 mls cream and mix well.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

The filling mixture

Put 6 Eggs and 240 mls brown sugar in a bowl and mix well with a whisk.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Add the caramel and mix again.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Lastly, add 900 mls Stewed apple (compote) and mix again.

Your caramel-apple custard is ready, so set aside.

Stage 7 - 20 min.

The apples

Peel 2 litres 400 ml apples and cut lengthways into segments.

Melt 154.8 mls butter in a large frying pan on high heat, then add 150 mls brown sugar.

When the sugar begins to caramelize, add the apple pieces.

Stage 8 - 10 min.

Cook until starting to colour...

Stage 9 - 2 min.

...then tip out onto a baking sheet and leave to cool.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Assembling the tart

Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C).

Trim off the spare pastry around the edge of the tart case.

Stage 11 - 4 min.

Arrange the apple segments evenly in the tart case. They should not be too crowded.

Stage 12 - 2 min.

Pour the caramel-apple custard around the apples.

Stage 13 - 40 min.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

Stage 14

Leave to cool in the tin on a wire rack.

Remarks

It is best to use a good brown cane sugar, but a beet-based sugar will work instead.

You can use sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) instead of the shortcrust.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
17,536 Kcal or 73,420 Kj	719 gr	6,558 gr	3,519 gr
877 %	277 %	619 %	533 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
310 Kcal or 1,298 Kj	13 gr	116 gr	62 gr
16 %	5 %	11 %	9 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,845 Kcal or 24,472 Kj	240 gr	2,186 gr	1,173 gr
292 %	92 %	206 %	178 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 3 tarts : 12.33 €
Per tart : 4.11 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Quince and apple compote, Apple Tatin Terrine, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, Tarte Normande, Clafoutis "Marie-Antoinette", ... All
	Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Angevin plum pâté, Salmon and spinach quiche, Leek and Mimolette tart, Gisèle's Pasties, Quiche Lorraine, ... All
	Stewed apple (compote): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Amiens macaroons, Cochelin d'Evreux, Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, Apple charlotte with toasted brioche, Apple semelles (flat apple tarts), ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quartet of brassicas with cream , Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Alpine gratin, Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", Fisherman's Ragout, ... All

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