I read Julia Child's "My Life in France" which is about her interest in French cooking and in food. So for my bookclub I decided to make something from her cookbook "The Way to Cook". I chose an apple tatin (tart). It turned out pretty good, so I've included some pictures here.
Her cookbook gives very explicit instructions, so I tried to follow them carefully. Mary Jane is helping me keep track of the directions. One of the main activities is carmelizing sugar, and you'll see I got distracted at a critical point and burnt the sugar a bit.
The dough was great, and I will keep that recipe for other uses (pies, tarts, etc). You carmelize the sugar and cook the apples on top of the stove, and then add the dough and bake in the oven, right in the pan. Once it comes out of the oven, you have to flip it over onto a platter. It wasn't too hard, and pretty much came right out of the pan. Too bad I burned it on one side... but anyway, it tasted pretty darn good with some vanilla bean ice cream.
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