5 apple tarts with calvados whipped cream Recipes

sugar, apple cider or apple juice, cider vinegar, gala apples (about 4; left unpeeled ), frozen puff pastry sheet (from a 17 1/4-oz package), thawed, unsalted butter, calvados, chilled heavy cream, sugar, calvados

short pastry , for a 10 inch tart pan (pate brisee), firm granny smith apples, sugar , plus, sugar, ground cinnamon, egg, granulated sugar, flour, whipping cream, cognac or 3 tbsp brandy or 3 tbsp calvados, icing sugar

granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into large wedges, unsalted butter, melted and kept warm, sugar , plus 1 tbsp, eggs, creme fraiche, calvados, prepared sweet tart crust , recipe follows, heavy cream, sugar, plus more for dusting, all-purpose flour, salt, sugar, cold unsalted butter , cut into pieces, cold vegetable shortening, cold water , as needed

flour , for dusting, premade puff pastry, thawed, cooking oil, lemon, caster sugar, apples, icing sugar, butter, whipping cream, whiskey or 2 -3 tbsp calvados (optional), cinnamon-sugar mixture (optional)