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As the peaches simmer in the butter and sugar over the stove, they absorb a delicious caramel sauce as well as release their juices, giving the sauce a hit of peach flavor. You don’t have to prepare it in a separate skillet–this peach tarte tatin is a one-pan dessert!

Peach Tarte Tatin on a marble and wooden serving board, purple flowers in the background.

What is a Tarte Tatin?

Tarte tatin is a French upside-down sweet pastry that starts with butter and sugar at the bottom of the skillet to form a caramel sauce. Fruit is added to complete the filling, then it is topped with the crust and inverted after baking.

Peach Tarte Tatin on a marble and wooden serving board, purple flowers in the background.

Take it out of the skillet, then grab a fork and dig into the sweet caramelized peaches with a flaky crust underneath. The sugar and butter caramelize the peaches while they’re cooking so you don’t have to take any extra steps.

Just cook the peaches, add the pastry crust and flip over the cake with one swift maneuver. A scoop of vanilla ice cream adds a cool, creamy topping to the warm, softened fruit.

Tips & Tweaks

Peach Tarte Tatin slice on a white plate, purple flowers in the background.

You can serve your tarte tatin however you want, but French tradition insists that you serve it warm and fresh out of the skillet with a scoop of ice cream. If you wait for the cake to cool completely, the ice cream won’t melt as nicely into the pastry and won’t provide the desired temperature contrast.

Peach Tarte Tatin on a marble and wooden serving board, purple flowers in the background.

Flipping over the pan is simple, but it takes a little finesse.

  1. First, slide a knife around the edge of the pan to separate the tarte tatin from the skillet.
  2. Put on a pair of oven mitts, in case the skillet is still hot. Then, lay the serving dish on top of the skillet.
  3. Hold the plate against the skillet and flip the pan over. Your pastry will slide out onto the dish.
  4. If it doesn’t come out right away, tap on the bottom of the skillet. Check to make sure that the crust has loosened first, so the cake doesn’t fall apart.

Is this your first time making a peach tarte tatin? Let us know how it went and share your thoughts with us in the comments.

Peach Tarte Tatin on a marble and wooden serving board, purple flowers in the background.

Peach Tarte Tatin

Joss D
This peach tarte tatin is an easy, delicious, one-pan dessert!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 48 mins
Cooling Time 30 mins
Total Time 1 hr 28 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 6
Calories 358 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • cup brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp. butter
  • ¼ cup dark rum
  • 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 4-6 yellow peaches - halved, pitted and peeled
  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry - thawed

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • Add brown sugar, butter, rum, vanilla and salt to an 8” cast iron skillet.
    ⅓ cup brown sugar, 1 tbsp. butter, ¼ cup dark rum, 1 tbsp. vanilla extract, ¼ tsp. salt
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the mixture starts to thicken and darken (about 8 minutes). Be careful not to burn it.
  • Lower heat to medium-low and add the peaches (cut side down) to the skillet. Use enough peach halves to fill up the bottom of the pan in one layer.
    4-6 yellow peaches
  • Cook until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Take the skillet off the heat.
  • Unroll the puff pastry sheet. Cut out a circle that is about 9” in diameter.
  • Place the puff pastry round on top of the peaches and tuck edges into the pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until the pastry is golden and puffed, 35–40 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes.
  • To invert the Tarte Tatin onto a serving dish: run a butter knife along the edge of the pastry to separate it from the skillet. With oven mitts, hold the serving dish on top of the skillet and carefully flip it all over. It should release with a couple of gentle shakes.
  • Dig in! It can be served with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Equipment

8” cast iron skillet

Nutrition

Calories: 358kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 4gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 203mgPotassium: 236mgFiber: 2gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 388IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 1mg

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