Apple Tarts with Cajeta and Pecans - Rick Bayless

Apple Tarts with Cajeta and Pecans - Rick Bayless

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Apple Tarts with Cajeta and Pecans offer a bakery-worthy dessert that’s easy to make. Perfect for fall, these tarts combine apples, creamy cajeta, and crunchy pecans.

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Ingredients

  • One 14-ounce package Dufour Pastry Kitchens' Classic Puff Pastry, defrosted, but keep very cold
  • Flour for rolling out the puff pastry
  • 3 to 4 medium (about 1 3/4 pounds total) firm cooking apples (such as Granny Smith or Gala)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, preferably Mexican canela
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water to make an egg wash
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • About 1/2 cup warm cajeta, store bought (we like the Coronado brand), homemade or your favorite caramel sauce
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

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