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Apple and Calvados Tart (Galette de Pommes au Calvados)

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An apple and calvados tart with a slice on a plate topped with a dollop whipped cream.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Frances Boswell

This is a dessert you'll make over and over in the fall when interesting apples fill the farmers’ market; but the Calvados sauce ensures it even makes out-of-season apples sing.

Cooks' Note

Galette can be made 8 hours ahead and kept at room temperature.

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