Apple Tart with Puff Pastry, Emeril Lagasse

With just 5 ingredients you can make the most stunning of all apple desserts, an upsidedown apple tart known as Apple Tarte Tatin, that is named for the two sisters who invented it. APPLE TART TATIN WITH PUFF PASTRY SERVES 8 6 to 8 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, and halved Juice of 1 lemon 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 1 sheet frozen puff pastry Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, for serving (optional) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, toss apple halves with lemon juice and set aside. In a 9 to 10inch skillet, melt butter over high heat. Add sugar and cook, swirling skillet, until sugar has melted and is amber in color. Do not stir or sugar may crystallize. Remove skillet from the heat. Carefully, place apples in a single layer, rounded side down, in skillet. Cut remaining apple halves in half and neatly arrange, cut side down, over apple halves. Cover skillet and cook over mediumlow heat until apples are almost tender and have released their juices, 15 to 20 mi