Sweet and savory tarte tatin by Cyril Lignac:a tasty recipe with a mystery ingredient

The tarte tatin we all know it, it's a French pastry classic . Cooked upside down then served upright, it delights the taste buds because in the mouth it is deliciously melting. It is its stewing under a shortcrust or shortcrust pastry that makes all the difference, it allows the ingredients to be creamy and to soak up each flavor. For the record, it was created more than a hundred years ago inadvertently by the Tatin sisters who ran an inn in Sologne. Since this stunning dessert has inspired many cooks and pastry chefs for salty variations .

The recipe for the savory-sweet tatin tart from chef Cyril Lignac

The pastry chef Cyril Lignac shared, at the microphone of RTL , his recipe for a savory tarte tatin with juicy red tomatoes, garlic butter, small onions and an amazing ingredient:snails . A gourmet and delicious combination of flavors!

For 6 people you need:

• 6 red tomatoes
• 24 canned Burgundy snails
• Garlic parsley butter (1 bunch of fresh parsley, 6 garlic cloves and 250 g semi-salted butter)
• 2 onions

For the dough:

• 1 egg
• 200g flour
• 225 g softened butter
• 150g icing sugar
• Almond powder

Preparation steps:

1. Make a homemade sweet pastry. In a bowl, mix the softened butter, icing sugar, ground almonds and egg.
2. Add the flour and mix again. Let stand.
3. Meanwhile, peel the tomatoes and remove the insides.
4. Place the tomatoes on a baking sheet and bake them at 70°C until they have dried tomato petals. With this cooking they will be a little sweet.
5. In a pan of water, heat the snails for a few minutes. Empty them then mix them with the garlic butter.
6. Chop the mixture, slice the onions then sauté everything in a pan.
7. Roll out your homemade sweet dough. Reserve.
8. In a mold, upside down, place the tomatoes, the snail stuffing with garlic and onions then place the pie dough on top.
9. Bake the savory tart at 160°C for 25 minutes.
10. Unmold and serve with a drizzle of olive oil.

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