Tarte Tatin: Merged topics

[VivreManger]

March when I will be in Paris is not the best season for apples, but if there is any chance of finding a good tarte tatin, I will have to do my research.

I have recollections of three tt, none outstanding. The Groupe Flo Bakery near Bastille regularly made them in two sizes. While ok in a pinch, it was not outstanding. A small neighborhood bakery near the Centre Pompidou (on a side street off Rambuteau, parallel to rue Beubourg, made a better version, but it was only on certain days of the week. Years earlier I tracked down an antique-looking patisserie on the Left Bank, near Blvd. Saint Germain, but I can't recall the name or precise location.

Any suggestions out there?

[John Talbott]

March when I will be in Paris is not the best season for apples, but if there is any chance of finding a good tarte tatin, I will have to do my research. 

Any suggestions out there?

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Millet on the Rue St-Dominique always manages to scrape up some apples when I threw myself on their mercy out of season. (They think me a bit eccentric asking out of season, but hey.)

[VivreManger]

While the Pages Jaunes photo does not jog my memory of the yesteryear shop I had in mind, Millet on 103 Rue St. Dominique might be worth a try. I assumed you had to special order it.

Edited January 16, 2006 by VivreManger (log)

[John Talbott]

While the Pages Jaunes photo does not jog my memory of the yesteryear shop I had in mind, Millet on 103 Rue St. Dominique might be worth a try.  I assumed you had to special order it.

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Yes I call the day before and plead with Madame who shouts down the stairs to ask if it's possible (it always is).

[TarteTatin]

We have yet to encounter a decent Tarte Tatin (like my husband can make) in a restaurant in France. (or the US) --We, also, keep searching!

Tarte Tatin (like Cassoulet) is one of those dishes best made at home-unless one wishes to provoke endless discussions.

Especially as people have a tendency to use puff pastry, which is not acceptable.

Edited to add the puff pastry line

Edited January 18, 2006 by TarteTatin (log)

[raisab]

I haven't found a good one either. Mine is the best I have tasted, and I use the premade Pate Fieullette (sp?) Pur Beurre for the pastry! Still better than anything I have tasted!

[David Lebovitz]

I had an extraordinarily good tarte Tatin at Jean-Paul Hevin's tea salon (above his chocolate shop) on the rue St. Honoré. Also the one at Berthillon is pretty good, especially if you're a non-purist and get it with a scoop of their caramel, or vanilla ice cream...or both!

[VivreManger]

I had an extraordinarily good tarte Tatin at Jean-Paul Hevin's tea salon (above his chocolate shop) on the rue St. Honoré. Also the one at Berthillon is pretty good, especially if you're a non-purist and get it with a scoop of their caramel, or vanilla ice cream...or both!

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Good suggestions. I will be staying not too far from both. If the tart is served hot, I prefer ice cream to creme chantilly or the other alternatives.