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Apple petal tartlets

No history lesson today. I saw these on Instagram, noted the method and lost the link. When talking to a chef friend, it turns out they are a standard-issue apple tartlet. They are devastatingly easy and very good eating – you don’t even need to peel the fruit. Make some this holiday season.

Black lines indicate the pastry cutting pattern versus the pastry square edges and the cored apple slice
A how-to video for these little tartlets

Apple petal tartlets

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Serves: 12 tarts
Cooking Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 4 medium dessert apples, unpeeled, sliced 1cm thick and cored to give 12 slices
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 375g ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 1 egg beaten with a pinch of salt (salt makes the egg flow better)
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar

Instructions

1

Heat an oven to 220˚C (200˚C for fan oven).

2

Combine the sugar and cinnamon and toss the apple slices in the mixture, ensuring an even coating.

3

Roll the pastry out a little on a floured surface to increase its area.

4

Arrange the apple slices on the pastry in a 4x3 grid.

5

Cut the pastry between the apples so that each apple is sitting on its own square. Cut the pastry again half a centimetre inside the edge of each square, leaving the centre of each side uncut (see cutting diagram above).

6

Fold each outside corner into the the centre of the apple core to create a petal effect. Dust off any excess flour with a pastry brush. Brush each tartlet over with the beaten egg.

7

Place the tartlets on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 15 mins or so until golden.

8

Cool on a wire rack and dust over with icing sugar.

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3 Comments

  • Reply
    Lyn Clegg
    16/10/2022 at 8:56 am

    I’d love to see video of apple petals being made

    • Reply
      Nigel Eastmond
      17/10/2022 at 10:43 am

      That’s a lovely idea. I’ll see what I can do.

    • Reply
      Nigel Eastmond
      22/10/2022 at 2:33 pm

      Hi Lyn, we have done the video for you. I hope you can follow it.

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