Hello!
God knows how long it has been since I last posted a recipe post in my blog. I guess it's because I have generally been away from the kitchen and cooking in general. Since I made this pastry the other day with the leftover dough from the chicken pie, I thought I might as well share it as it is really quick and easy to make it. You don't need any fancy or expensive ingredients too so that is a bonus. Let me know if anyone wants the recipe for the chicken pie (before I forget it myself 😂).
Note: I made this recipe up without looking at any resources so if this thing already exists then well... I did not know, just in case :)
These measurements roughly make 4 pastries. Here is how I made this apple and plum pastry:
Ingredients:
- 5-6 apples
- 4 plums
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons of sugar (brown if desired)
- Knob of butter
- 1/2 block of puff pastry (jus roll puff pastry is the best and it's veg/Halal)
- Flour for rolling
- Egg
Method:
1. Peel the skin of the apples and chop them into small cubes. Chop the plums into small cubes leaving the skin on.
2. In a fry pan, melt the butter and add the plums and apples. Fry them till the juices come out.
3. Add the nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar and combine them together. Keep cooking the fruits till they get soft and paste-like.
4. Leave the fruit filling to cool completely.
5. Roll out the puff pastry dough to half inch thickness. Cut even number of same sized rectangles or squares from the rolled pastry.
6. Preheat the oven at 180 C (356 F)
7. Take a rectangle and add roughly a tablespoon of the filling.
8. Cut little slits on the top rectangle that will be placed on top of the and place it on top of the bottom sheet with the filling. Close the sides of the pastry by pressing them down with a fork.
9. Beat an egg and brush on top of the pastries.
10. Bake it for half an hour or until the crust is nicely golden brown.
It tastes delicious with the soft apple filling and the slight sourness from the plums with the essence of cinnamon. The crust compliments the filling giving it that contrast between the sweetness of the filling and the flaky pastry. The ingredients of the filling are completely your choice so you could make it differently like mango and coconut or whatever you desire. Also, you can serve this with some fresh double cream (liquid or whipped) or some vanilla ice cream in summer. Either way it is tasty on its own.
I'm sorry I did not get a chance to take a picture of them as my phone was away and I am just too bloody lazy to get my phone for a picture.
I hope you liked the recipe and let me know if you try this out. Make sure to check back every Saturdays.
And with this I conclude my final blog post of 2016. Happy New Year to my readers! From the bottom of my heart I thank you so much for those who have been reading my silly blogs from day 1 and here is to many more blogs in the future iA!
God knows how long it has been since I last posted a recipe post in my blog. I guess it's because I have generally been away from the kitchen and cooking in general. Since I made this pastry the other day with the leftover dough from the chicken pie, I thought I might as well share it as it is really quick and easy to make it. You don't need any fancy or expensive ingredients too so that is a bonus. Let me know if anyone wants the recipe for the chicken pie (before I forget it myself 😂).
Note: I made this recipe up without looking at any resources so if this thing already exists then well... I did not know, just in case :)
These measurements roughly make 4 pastries. Here is how I made this apple and plum pastry:
Ingredients:
- 5-6 apples
- 4 plums
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons of sugar (brown if desired)
- Knob of butter
- 1/2 block of puff pastry (jus roll puff pastry is the best and it's veg/Halal)
- Flour for rolling
- Egg
Method:
1. Peel the skin of the apples and chop them into small cubes. Chop the plums into small cubes leaving the skin on.
2. In a fry pan, melt the butter and add the plums and apples. Fry them till the juices come out.
3. Add the nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar and combine them together. Keep cooking the fruits till they get soft and paste-like.
4. Leave the fruit filling to cool completely.
5. Roll out the puff pastry dough to half inch thickness. Cut even number of same sized rectangles or squares from the rolled pastry.
6. Preheat the oven at 180 C (356 F)
7. Take a rectangle and add roughly a tablespoon of the filling.
8. Cut little slits on the top rectangle that will be placed on top of the and place it on top of the bottom sheet with the filling. Close the sides of the pastry by pressing them down with a fork.
9. Beat an egg and brush on top of the pastries.
10. Bake it for half an hour or until the crust is nicely golden brown.
Done!
It tastes delicious with the soft apple filling and the slight sourness from the plums with the essence of cinnamon. The crust compliments the filling giving it that contrast between the sweetness of the filling and the flaky pastry. The ingredients of the filling are completely your choice so you could make it differently like mango and coconut or whatever you desire. Also, you can serve this with some fresh double cream (liquid or whipped) or some vanilla ice cream in summer. Either way it is tasty on its own.
I'm sorry I did not get a chance to take a picture of them as my phone was away and I am just too bloody lazy to get my phone for a picture.
I hope you liked the recipe and let me know if you try this out. Make sure to check back every Saturdays.
And with this I conclude my final blog post of 2016. Happy New Year to my readers! From the bottom of my heart I thank you so much for those who have been reading my silly blogs from day 1 and here is to many more blogs in the future iA!
Take Care
Yours Nafiza
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