Tatin
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Tatin
< French ( tarte ) tatin, à la Tatin, des desmoiselles Tatin; said to be after two (or more) Tatin sisters, who developed the recipe
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A French grandmother hops aboard to teach passengers how to make apple-packed tarte Tatin and madeleines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
While it’s wonderful to poach apricots with cardamom or mix them with a little vanilla, sugar and butter for tarte Tatin, if you really want to capture sunshine, make apricot jam.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
“My Mother’s Kitchen” is more than a story about the comforts and pleasures of the perfect Eggs Benedict or Tarte Tatin.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2017
A sort of applesauce on a rough puff-pastry cracker passed for tarte Tatin.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2016
Tatin built a large model machine for him in those days, which after a 150 yard flight fell into the sea and was lost.
From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various
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