It’s no ordinary apple tart.
Ask anyone to name an apple dessert and they’ll often say apple pie. A dessert that brings waves of nostalgia that’s comforting and incredibly homely. For me it also brings back memories of that famous scene during the movie “American Pie”. If you don’t know that scene, look it up on You Tube! I digress… it takes several apples to make an apple pie so what dessert can you do with only one apple in the house? Make these caramelised mini apple tarts!
Recently I underwent surgery and had time at home recovering. It was an opportunity for me to immerse myself in recipes on You Tube, TikTok and Facebook. Food trends are always changing with new ideas emerging all the time. Right now, the trend is on frugal cooking. Trying to make more with less. Everything seems to be more expensive with fresh produce also impacted by the inflation rise. This is inspired by a recipe I saw on TikTok. They used honey but I prefer brown sugar for that deep caramel flavour.
This caramelised mini apple tarts recipe calls for just one apple to create a dessert for four to six people. This isn’t a dessert to gorge yourself silly with. It’s just enough to quench your sugar cravings and fill a small gap left by dinner.
In this recipe, you can choose what nuts to use. I had a packet of pecans but I think walnuts or peanuts would work equally as well. If you don’t have nuts lying around, you can swap these out for sunflower seeds instead.
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Caramelised Mini Apple Tarts
Ingredients
- 2 sheets ready rolled puff pastry
- 1 large apple, core removed & sliced thinly using a mandolin
- 6 teaspoons brown sugar
- ¼ cup nuts, roughly chopped
- olive oil cooking spray, or egg yolk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) with rack in the middle.
- Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Add one teaspoon of brown sugar about 10cm apart to form two rows with three on each.
- Add the chopped nuts on top of the brown sugar.
- Place 2-3 rounds of apple on top of the chopped nuts.
- Cover each with a puff pastry round that is bigger than the diameter of the apple.
- Spray the top with olive oil cooking spray, or brush with a little egg yolk.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until the pastry has risen, is fully baked and golden brown.
- Leave to almost completely cool down before turning over. This will allow the caramel to harden and stick to the apple. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
Notes
- It's your choice to leave or remove the apple skin.
- For the nuts, you can use walnuts, pecans or peanuts. You can also substitute the nuts for sunflower seeds.
- To cut each puff pastry round, I used small round container. Get creative on what will be suitable to get the right size.