Upside-Down Tomato Tart

Name: Upside-Down Tomato Tart
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: ⅓ cup, sherry vinegar; 2½ tablespoons, sugar; ¾ teaspoon, table salt, divided; ½ teaspoon, pepper, divided; 1 , shallot; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter; 2½ teaspoons, minced fresh thyme, divided; 2 pounds, plum tomatoes (about 10), cored, halved lengthwise, seeds and gel removed; 1 sheet, puff pastry, thawed but still cool

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2021, America's Test Kitchen TV

SERVES4 to 6

TIME2¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A traditional tarte Tatin is prepared with apples, but here we use the formula as a framework for tomatoes. The savory-sweet fruit pairs beautifully with buttery pastry and a tangy-sweet sherry vinegar syrup (in lieu of the tarte Tatin's ca...

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