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Apple Tatin Terrine

Name: Apple Tatin Terrine
Prep time: 26 min
Cook time: 3 h 2 min
Total time: 3 h 28 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 20 g butter; 2 kgs apple; 100 g caster sugar; 250 ml real custard sauce (crème anglaise)

Imagine a sweet terrine, made of layers of apples with sugar, cooked slowly in the oven until caramelized.

Serve warm in slices with custard.

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Duration

3 hours 32 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 16^th 2026

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For 6 people, you will need:

1 20 g butter
2 2 kgs apple
3 100 g caster sugar
4 250 ml real custard sauce (crème anglaise)
Total weight: 2,370 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

3 hours 2 min.

All in all

3 hours 32 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 3 hours 2 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 2 min.

Melt 20 g butter.

Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Line a terrine dish or loaf mould with cooking parchment, leaving some overhanging the edge. Butter this paper lining using a brush.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Step 3

Peel 2 kgs apple, remove the core and slice.

Begin filling the dish by spreading a layer of apple slices in the bottom...

Step 4

...and sprinking with caster sugar.

Step 5 - ⌛ 20 min.

Continue filling the dish, alternating layers of apple and sugar.

You can press the apples down and even overfill the dish, as the fruit will settle during cooking.

Finish with another brushing of melted butter and more sugar.

Step 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Fold the edges of the paper over the top and hold in place with a metal object, such as a desert ring or spoon.

Step 7 - ⌛ 3 hours

Bake in the oven for 3 hours.

Step 8

When done, remove from the oven and leave to cool.

Step 9

Turn out the cold terrine by pulling on the paper.

Step 10

Serve in slices, warm if possible, with custard or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic flm.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	1 g RDI=1 %	16 g RDI=6 %	2 g RDI=2 %	82 kcal RDI=4 %	345 kJ RDI=4 %
Per person	4 g RDI=5 %	62 g RDI=23 %	7 g RDI=10 %	325 kcal RDI=16 %	1,362 kJ RDI=16 %
Whole recipe	21 g RDI=33 %	369 g RDI=139 %	43 g RDI=59 %	1,952 kcal RDI=98 %	8,172 kJ RDI=98 %