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Beautiful Apple Roses Dessert

These mini Apple Rose cakes make a beautiful contemporary dessert and a perfect accompaniment to your afternoon cup of tea. They are delicious and so much fun to make!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dessert, Snack
Servings 6 PAX

Equipment

  • 1 non-stick or sillicon muffin oven dish
  • 1 stick blender
  • 1 medium-sized mixing bowl
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 mandoline or a sharp knife
  • baking paper

Ingredients
  

For the Vanila Custard:

  • 2 cups full-fat milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or liquid essence
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 medium eggs yolks only

For the Honey Glaze:

  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 tablespoons honey
  • 1/2 lemon

For the Apple Roses:

  • 1 ready-made puff pastry roll (375g)
  • 3-4 sweet red apples
  • cinnamon and powder sugar for decorating

Instructions
 

Vanilla Custard:

  • Place 1.5 cups of milk and vanilla bean paste in a medium-sized saucepan. Warm it over high heat and stir until the milk starts to simmer. Remove from the hob.
  • In a large bowl, whisk the remaining 1/2 cup of milk, the two egg yolks, the sugar and cornstarch to a smooth consistency. Slowly pour the hot milk into the milk and yolk mixture while whisking continuously.
  • Transfer the well-combined custard mixture back to the saucepan. Return the saucepan to the hob and cook over high heat, stirring continuously, until the custard becomes thicker. Remove from the hob.
  • Leave the custard to cool completely, then whisk it with a stick blender to a smooth texture.

Apple Roses:

  • Preheat oven to 170°C/338°F.
  • Use a 5-6 cm round cake ring to cut the puff pastry sheet into small circles.
  • Brush the muffin moulds with oil, arrange 3 round slices of puff pastry in the muffin mould to overlap slightly in the shape of a flower, and press with the tips of your fingers to flatten and seal the puff pastry pieces and make the dough thinner. Place 1-2 teaspoons of custard inside the pastry flower.
  • Wash the apples but do not remove the skin. Cut the apples into 1cm thick slices with a mandoline or sharp knife.
  • In a clean saucepan, combine sugar, water, honey and lemon into a saucepan and heat the mixture on the hob at high heat. Glaze the apple slices on both sides for 3-4 minutes until they are soft.
  • Place 1-2 tablespoons of vanilla custard inside the puff pastry flower base.
  • Arrange the apple slices on a piece of baking paper to overlap, then roll them into a rose-like shape. Trim the bottom to make the apple pieces even and easier to fit inside the pastry cup and place them inside the pastry base. Sprinkle the apple slices with crystal sugar and cinnamon.
  • Place the muffin tray with the apple roses in the middle of the hot oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. Keep an eye on the roses while baking and cover them with kitchen foil as soon as the pastry turns golden. When the apple roses are ready, take them out of the oven and let them cool for 20 minutes inside the moulds. Decorate the roses with sifted icing sugar on top.
  • Serve the mini cakes as a dessert or a snack with a nice cup of tea or coffee.
Keyword Apple dessert, apple roses, apple snack, muffins, puff pastry dessert, snack