Upside Down Apple Pie

3-4 large Granny Smith apples

1  tbsp butter

3 tbsp sugar

One sheet puff pastry dough

Splash of warm rum

Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Peel 3 to 4 Granny Smith apples and slice.

Melt butter in saucepan (2 tbsp)
with a few tbsp. of sugar.

Arrange apples around deep saut'e pan;
arrange in circular pattern,
place apples overlapping each other
and then add a few slices to
the middle of pan.

When finished, this will be the top of your torte.

Drizzle butter/sugar mixture over top of apples.

Cook on medium heat until apples start
to get soft and the butter/sugar mixture
begins to caramelize.

Remove apples from stove and then bake in oven,
uncovered for 10 minutes at 425 degrees.

Remove from oven and put one sheet
of rolled-out puff pastry dough on top,
cutting edges and then tucking
them under the apples around edge.

Bake in oven for 20 minutes at 425 degrees.

Remove from oven and place large
serving plate on top and flip over.

Drizzle warm rum over the top
and serve each piece
with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Serves 8