Instructions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. 2
   Place sugar, butter and water in a stovetop/oven-safe tarte dish over medium-high heat. Cook until mixture becomes golden brown and bubbly.
3. 3
   Remove from heat and allow mixture to cool to room temperature in the tarte dish.
4. 4
   When caramel mixture has cooled, arrange the apple quarters on their sides in the mixture.
5. 5
   Roll the pastry dough out to a thickness of about ½ inch and a diameter large enough to cover the tarte dish.
6. 6
   Place dough on top of the tarte, then trim and discard the edges.
7. 7
   Bake tarte for 40 minutes.
8. 8
   Allow to cool in the tarte dish for 15 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter.