Shingled Apple Tart
Serves 4-6

This dessert is so easy but it looks so elegant and fancy and well, French. Again, the food stylist secret relies on two elements: puff pastry (layers!) and the mandolin (uniformity!). I tend to choose firmer apples so they maintain their shape. Also, butter always helps. I told you – French!

1 sheet of puff pastry
1-2 apples, peeled and thinly by hand, or on a mandolin
½ stick butter, melted
Sugar

Preheat oven to 400° F. Brush puff pastry with butter and shingle the apples. Brush top of the apples again with butter and sprinkle liberally with sugar. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown and puffy. Serve warm or at room temperature and with vanilla ice cream or unsweetened whipped cream.

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