Page 13 - Romeo's Christmas Cookbook

christmas spiced
apple pastries
with nutella ingredients preparation
• 2 sheets store-bought frozen puff pastry sheets, partially thawed
• 1 small apple, skin on, cored, cut into 12 wedges
• Finely grated zest of 1/2 an orange
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dried
cranberries, nely chopped
• 1 egg, whisked
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar
• 90g Nutella
• Fresh raspberries and mint
leaves, to decorate (optional)
1 Preheat oven to 200°C fan-forced. Line 2 oven trays with baking paper. Cut one sheet of puff pastry into 6 even rectangles. Slice each rectangle in half diagonally to create 12 triangles. Repeat with second pastry sheet to make 24 in total. Trim off
a little of the base of each triangle so both long sides of the triangle are even lengths. Lay them out onto a clean dry work surface.
2 Slice apple wedges in half lengthways to make baton-like pieces. Place into a large bowl, add zest and toss to coat.
3 Sprinkle each triangle with combined sugar and mixed spice. Put an apple piece at the base of each triangle, then scatter with cranberries.
6 Spoon Nutella into a piping bag or a small zip-lock bag, snip tip, and then drizzle over pastries.
7 Decorate with raspberries and mint leaves if desired. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Makes: 24
4 Roll up pastry rmly to enclose lling. Arrange on prepared trays.
5 Brush with a little egg
and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake for 15 minutes or until pastry is golden and apple is tender. Set aside on trays to cool.
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