Apple Slice

A very simple pastry #recipe, that can be whipped up at a moments notice. That is great for elevenses or a dessert for the evening. Thinly sliced apples topped on puffpastry with a layer of vanilla sugar. Finished with a dusting of cinnamon then baked to perfection, apricot jam completes the slice as a sweet glaze.

 

 

Makes 1 large slice

 

Ingredients

 

1 Ready Rolled Sheet of Puff Pastry
5 Apples
Juice of 1 Lemon
2tbsp of Vanilla Sugar (caster sugar is fine)
25g of Unsalted Butter
1 Jar of Apricot Jam/Preserve
1/4tsp Ground Cinnamon

 

Method

 

Preheat the oven to 200c and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

 

Peel, core and slice the apples thinly. Toss them in lemon juice to prevent them from browning.

 

Meanwhile roll out the pastry to the size of the baking sheet. Fold the edges in on them selves, to prevent the apple juices from running during cooking. Prick the base with a fork then brush the pastry with melted butter. Sprinkle 1tbsp of sugar over the base.

Layer the apples until the base is completely filled, then sprinkle over the remaining sugar.

 

Dust with cinnamon then place in the oven for 40-45 minutes, until the pasty is golden and the apples have stared to caramelise. If it cooks to quickly half way through reduce oven temperature to 180c.

 

Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

Add the apricot jam to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Use a pastry brush to dab the glaze all over the slice. Once cooled dust with icing sugar.

 

Serve with a generous helping of freshly whipped cream.