Recipe: Mini Melon Tatin

Name: Mini Melon Tatin
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 yellow melon; 30 g (1.1 oz) butter; 20 g (0.7 oz) sugar; 1 small pinch of fresh thyme flowers; 1 puff pastry; 6 slices of bacon

By AFTouch-Cuisine 5/5 (1 review)

Prep 20 min

Cook 10 min

Total 30 min

Servings 6 serv.

Ingredients for 6 servings

Adjust for

servings

1 yellow melon
30 g (1.1 oz) butter
20 g (0.7 oz) sugar
1 small pinch of fresh thyme flowers
1 puff pastry
6 slices of bacon

Step-by-step directions

1 Cook the bacon slices in the oven for 15 minutes at 200°, remove them and let them dry.

2 Next, cut the melon into fine brunoise (fruit garnish cut into small dice).

3 In a sauté pan, make a caramel with the sugar and butter, add a pinch of thyme and the melon. sauté until you obtain a beautiful golden color.

4 After cooking, drain the melon to remove excess juice and let cool.

5 Preheat the oven to 200° (th6-7).

6 In a tartlet mold (teflon or flexipan), pour the melon and cover with puff pastry cut into a round shape with a cookie cutter, and with a brush apply some egg wash (egg yolk diluted with a little water). 10 minutes of cooking at 200° is enough.

7 Once the tarts are removed, wait 5 minutes before unmolding them. During this time crush the bacon slices to create the same texture as breadcrumbs and sprinkle over the inverted tart.
Recipe proposed by chef Benoît Charvet.

Chef Patrick's Comment

Excellent recipe from Benoît, you can reproduce it with beautiful Bergeron apricots or mango cut into thin slices or even with green bananas, and serve with a glass of well-chilled Pacherenc.