Tarte

une tarte = a pie

One of my favorites has to be la tarte tatin, an apple pie baked upside-down with caramelized apples. Legend has it the Tatin sisters created this dish by mistake (either by dropping a pie on the floor and re-baking it, or by trying to salvage a bunch of overcooked apples... more here). Anyway, it's delicious with crème fraîche or vanilla ice cream. Here's a recipe.

In completely unrelated news, No One Is Innocent, a French band who had its 15mn of fame in the late 90s before a comeback in 2004, and whom I've already mentioned, recently released a new album (Gazoline), for those interested in noise.