Nice transformation of a usual Apple Strudel... Almost all the ingredients are the same but the shape is quite sophisticated. Make a floral and honey-sweet gift to your sweetheart!!!
I found this idea one day in Internet, having changed some ingredients I kept the idea of the decoration.
INGREDIENTS:
Servings: 7-8 roses
250-275g puff dough
2 apples
1/2 lemon
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 teaspoon honey
25-30g butter
1. Peel the apples and cut it into slices.
2. Sprinkle some lemon juice over the apple slices to prevent them from getting dark.
3. Melt butter in a frying pan and add some cinnamon and 3-4 teaspoons of honey.
4. Cook the apple slices with the butter till they are soft but not falling apart, the sauce will thicken.
5. Cool the apples down.
Note: You are to keep the puff dough in the fridge till the very moment you need to use it.
6. Unroll the puff dough and cut it into stripes 6cm wide.
7. Put the apple slices in a row covering one half of the puff dough stripe.
8. Cover with the other half of the dough.
9. Roll the stripe in a spiral to create a rose.
10. Bake the roses on a tray covered with oven paper at 200C for 15 minutes.
11. Use the leftover sauce to add a teaspoon over the each rose. Serve with some icing sugar sifted all over...
ENJOY !!!
This recipe may become a nice snack for a party or accompany you while watching TV... or just enrich a meal!!!
I usually prepare them when I have some leftover greens or some slices of ham that are not enough to be served by themselves.
INGREDIENTS:
Servings: 4
300g puff dough
5-6 slices of Speck
100g sautèed chard / spinach
50-100g Pecorino cheese
1 egg yolk
1. Chop greens, Speck, grate Pecorino cheese.
Note: What is SPECK? It's Italian raw ham (Prosciutto) slightly smoked, it's origin is from the mountain area called Alto Adige, the one that borders with Austria.
Note: You may substitute Speck with any type of ham or sausage, and Pecorino with any strong taste cheese.
2. Unroll ready puff dough and cut it into squares. I could make 15 squares, but it depends on how thin the dough was rolled out.
3. We'll fill half of the puffs with the greens and cheese and the other half with Speck and cheese.
To fill the puffs put some of Speck or chard and couple of pinches of cheese. Unite two opposite sides of the square to fix it and then pinch delicately the sides together.
4.Press slightly the borders with the use of a fork.
5. To distinguish one type of puffs from the other you can make straight and oblique cuts on the surface of the puffs, but make sure not to cut too much, that might result in leaking.
6. Using a silicon brush spread some egg yolk on top the puffs.
7. Cook the puffs in the oven at 200C for about 20 minute.
Enjoy!!!
The only disadvantage of this dish is that it disappears in an instance!
