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Ingredients
One sheet frozen puff pastry
Two apples
A couple of tablespoons of icing sugar
Perhaps it takes 20 minutes with cooking. But it only takes 5 minutes of preparation to make something that a smart patisserie would be proud of. And certainly you can impress your friends.
I was hoping I would find some kind of super puff pastry from a local providor. I reckon they thought I was a weirdo, especially when I turned down their suggestion of buying the frozen stuff from the supermarket.
Anyway, I made my first version of this pastry with the posh fresh expensive stuff before turning to the packs of frozen puff pastry available from the supermarket for a few dollars. There is very little difference between the two. Well there is one main difference. The Richmond Hill Café & Larder, where I bought the posh stuff, is a smallish business, a cozy friendly place that does a great breakfast, has possibly the best cheese room in Melbourne and is simply great to visit.
The frozen pastry came from Safeway (part of Woolworths) a retail giant that more than once has used it’s market power to bully small business. Oh, and it sells stacks of cheese wrapped in plastic and really, despite a recent refurbishment, is quite a grim place to visit.
I suppose on the bright side Woolworths does provide jobs for loads and loads of local people, and I just hope their pay and conditions are good.
Recipe
Back to the pastry. Take a single frozen sheet. Score a cross on it with a sharp knife so you can break it into four rectangles. It should snap in your hands. Place on a backing sheet (I use greaseproof paper as well).
prick it.
Peel two apples and slice thinly, arranging is some fancy pattern on the pastry. Use a sieve to sprinkle a light dusting of icing sugar over the top. Shove in the oven at 200C/390F until caramalized. Remove and cool.
The result is a beautifully caramelized Apple tart. All with no effort apart from some quibbling over the ethics of supermarket chains.
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A couple of weeks ago, we decided to start taking our food seriously and bought a jaffle maker from Myer (it’s like a sandwich toaster, only…oh, never mind). I was happy to have a nice baked been butty, but the missus bunged in the puff pastry, whacked in some apple and sugar, and in a couple of minutes we were in apple tart heaven. Do yourself a favour.
This looks very good and actually sounds easy to make. Thanks for the recipe!
Paz
mmm apple pastry goodness! the recipe sounds pretty straightforward but it looks pretty tasty!
I like the title and I saw a program once where they did different things with puff pastry, like stuffing hershey’s kisses b’ween two sheets, brushing with butter and baking them to make small chocolate pockets. The apple idea is surely healthier.
I know what you mean, I made a peach gallette for an impromptu dinner and it was the talk of the table. Its great when you can take the credit for things like this.
Thanks for the tip Tim - sounds great.
Paz, hope you try it soon.
Chocolatesuze, it is so easy I couldn’t believe it myself at first.
Nandita - Hersheys Kisses! Now that sounds decadent.
Cheers jenjen.