I finally got brave.

I’ve come *thisclose* before to making tarte tatin after we’ve gone apple picking, but I’ve always chickened out. It’s a lot of pressure, especially since it’s Adam’s absolute favorite dessert. But this year, I once again bought some Dufour frozen puff pastry and worked up the nerve with some Romes and Staymans that we picked. And I used Smitten Kitchen’s recipe, adapted from Julia Child. And it worked. Really, really well.

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