Apple Rose Puffed Pastries
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Apple Rose Puffed Pastries
Description
This recipe combines thin apple slices with store-bought thawed puff pastry to create visually appealing pastries shaped like roses. Apples are halved, cored, then sliced very thinly, and softened in a lemon water bath to prevent browning and to make them pliable for shaping. The pastry is cut into strips, spread with apricot preserves, and layered with the prepared apple slices before being folded and rolled tightly.
The pastries bake in muffin tins, allowing the dough to crisp and brown while the apples become tender and slightly caramelized. Cinnamon and sugar added to the apples provide a warm sweetness complementing the delicate pastry texture. The lemon juice helps balance flavors and preserve the apple color.
This dessert makes an elegant, individual-sized treat suitable for serving at brunch or tea, showcasing the natural apple sweetness combined with flaky, buttery pastry crust. The preparation involves some careful slicing and shaping but results in an attractive dish.
Ingredients
- 3 apple
- 2 puff pastry thawed, sheets
- 6 Tablespoons apricot preserves
- 4 Tablespoons of water
- lemon juice juice of ½ a lemon or 2 tablespoons
- cinnamon
- sugar
Instructions
- Remove puffed pastries from freezer and thaw according to package
- Slice the apples in half from top to bottom
- Remove the core ends and then scoop out the core in the center
- Slice the apples into very thin slices
- Fill a medium sized bowl half full of water
- Squeeze the lemon juice into the water.
- Place the sliced apples in the water and microwave for 5 minutes until slightly tender.
- Drain the apples into a colander.
- When pastries are thawed, place them flat on a floured surface.
- Roll the pastries out with a rolling pin the flatten just a little more.
- Cut each pastry into 6 equal slices.
- One at a time, spoon apricot preserve mixture onto a slice of pastry.
- Place 7-9 apple slices along one half of the pastry slice with the peel side facing out.
- Fold the pastry in half to cover the apples.
- Starting on one end, roll the pastry and apples to the other end of the pastry.
- Place in a muffin tin.
- Continue with the other pieces of pastries until you have 12 apple roses.
- Place a pan of water on the bottom rack of oven so the bottom of pastries do not burn.
- Bake at 375 for 40 -45 minutes.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 273 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 273kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Sodium | 106mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 81mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 45IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 9mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1.2mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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