Puff pastry sweets with apples
Easy and quick recipe.
How often do we crave sweets, but either we have little time or we don’t want to go crazy in the kitchen.
Or it’s midnight and you get that crazy craving and don’t want to go out?
Here’s the right idea even for our gentlemen who want to indulge in a treat.
You just need to have a rectangular puff pastry roll in the fridge, a little jam, and some firm apples or pears or pineapple slices, and you’re done.
You will also find guidelines for those on a diet.
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 6 pastries
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 277.73 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 29.27 (g) of which sugars 10.54 (g)
- Proteins 3.35 (g)
- Fat 16.23 (g) of which saturated 2.41 (g)of which unsaturated 13.01 (g)
- Fibers 2.03 (g)
- Sodium 119.77 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
Let’s go shopping
- 1 roll puff pastry (rectangular made of all-purpose or whole wheat flour)
- 2 apples (or pears or 6 slices of pineapple)
- 1.8 oz pear compote (or your choice)
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp granulated sugar (or erythritol)
Puff pastry sweets with apples
Tools
What we need to make
- 1 Baking tray rectangular
- 1 Pastry wheel smooth
- 1 Knife pointed with a smooth blade
- 1 Brush
- 1 Apple corer or piping bag nozzle
Steps
Let’s go to the kitchen to make
The first thing to do is to turn on the convection oven to 356°F. Now take the puff pastry roll out of the fridge and gently unroll it and place it on a work surface.
With the pastry wheel, first make a horizontal cut in the middle of the roll,
then 2 perpendicular cuts of equal size.
Well, we’ve got 6 rectangles.
Now take a smooth-tipped knife and in each rectangle score an L four times in each corner as in the photo.
Peel the whole apples, and then cut 3 discs from each apple. In each disc, use a piping bag nozzle or apple corer to remove the center where the seeds are.
Place each apple disc in the center of each rectangle.
Now take each corner of the rectangle one by one with your fingertips and fold it towards the center of the apple disc.
First the inner corners and then ….
the outer ones overlapping the first.
It’s easier done than said, believe me.
Now in the center of the apple disc where the puff pastry edges meet, put a scant teaspoon of jam or fruit compote. I had my sugar-free compotes at home and I used those, click here to see.
Brush with milk
and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Transfer the sweets to the baking tray, and now straight into the oven, it will take about 15 minutes, but you have to check as oven times may vary.
Here are the puff pastry sweets with apples ready
Storage and Tips
Puff pastry sweets with apples can be stored for up to 3 days in a container or a cake dome.
Tips
Perfect for breakfast, a snack, or with tea
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Puff pastry sweets with apples
Can I substitute the apples?
Yes, with pears from the wider part or even pineapple
Can I substitute the jam?
Yes, with an almond in the center or a candied cherry or chocolate chips.
