Caramelized Apple Tart

• Crust
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter cut into 1/2" cubes
• 2 egg yolks
• Filling
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 1/2" cubes
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 lbs crisp apples, peeled, halved, cored

1. Crust:
2. Whisk flour, sugar & salt in large bowl. Add butter & yolks. Using fingertips, rub butter and yolks into flour mixture until coarse meal forms. Gently knead crust in bowl until ball forms, about 4 minutes. Flatten ball into disk, Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour
3. Filling:
4. preheat oven to 350
5. Scatter butter cubes over bottom of 12" cast iron skillet. Sprinkle sugar over. Arrange apple halves cut side up , over sugar( there will be halves left over) Cut remaining apple halves into thin slices, tuck enough apple slices between apple halves to fill gaps . Heat skillet over medium heat until sugar and butter melts. Cook, shifting pan often until sugar syrup is deep amber, tucking in more apple slices as more gaps form, about 45 minutes. Cool until bubbling stops , about 10 minutes.
6. rollout crust on floured surface to 12" round. Place crust atop hot apples . Bake until crust is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool to room temperature.
7. Heat skillet over medium high heat 5 minutes to loosen apples. Place large plate over skillet, using mitts hold plate over skillet and invert, shake gently, rearrange any apples that have been misplaced

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/caramelized-apple-tart-50156733 (may not work)