Baked Apples in Pastry

photo by Lalaloula


- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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6 Pastry Apples
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 6 -8 tablespoons ice water
- 6 apples (medium sized dessert)
- 6 prunes (pitted)
- 6 dried apricots
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons raisins
- 1 egg (beaten to glaze)
- cream (to serve)
- mint leaf (to serve)
directions
- Preaheat oven to 350F (160C fan forced, 175C conventional).
- Sift the flour, salt and spices into a large bowl.
- Cut the butter into dice and rub into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs (I would use a food processor on pulse to do this).
- Mix in enought water to produce a smooth pliable dough.
- Divide the dough into six pieces and roll out into a square approximately 8 inches.
- Peel the apples with a sharp knife and carefully remove the centre cores with a apple corer.
- Chop the prunes and the apricots and mix these with the raisins.
- Place oe prepared apple into the centre of each pastry square, and fill the cavities with equal amounts of the dried fruit mixture.
- Brush the edges of each square with a little water and draw them up and around the sides of the apples, sealing them well with a little water and trimming off the excess pastry to give a neat finish.
- Roll out the pastry trimmings =, cut into decorative leaves and stick the leaves onto each apples for decoration.
- Glaze each pastry apple with the beaten egg and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake the apples in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve hot with the fresh cream and sprigs of fresh mint.
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Oh wow, this recipe is fantastic! It is a true dream dessert! So easy to make and super yummy! I loved the melted apple filling with the dried fruit bits and the flakey crust on the outside! YUM! I made half the recipe using whole spelt flour and only 1/4 cup margarine in the dough. As I was out of apricots, I just added some almonds to the filling, which I normally put into my baked apples. It turned out really, really yummy and I felt so special eating this. :) THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing such a keeper with us, Pat. This is now on my holiday company is coming food list.<br/>Made and reviewed for WTTM November 2011.
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