Puff Pastry Apple Roses Food

APPLE ROSES

Steps:

• Thaw the puff pastry at room temperature if you haven't done so yet. It should take about 20-30 minutes.
• Prepare a bowl half filled with water and the lemon juice. Cut the apples in half, remove the core and cut the apples in paper-thin slices. Leave the peel so it will give the red color to your roses. Right away, place the sliced apples in the bowl so that they won't change color.
• Microwave the apples in the bowl for about 3 minutes, to make them slightly softer and easy to roll. If you prefer, you can also simmer the apple slices with the water in a small pan (on the stove). The apple slices should be cooked just enough to bend without breaking. If they break, you need to cook them a little more.
• Unwrap the puff pastry over a clean and lightly floured counter. Using a rolling pin stretch the dough into a rectangular shape of about 12 x 9 inch (30 x 22 cm). Cut the dough in 6 strips, each about 2 x 9 inch (5 x 22 cm).
• In a bowl, place three tablespoons of apricot preserves with two tablespoons of water. Microwave for about one minute (or warm up on the stove) so that the preserves will be easier to spread. Spread a thin layer of preserves on each strip of dough.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Drain the apples.
• Arrange the apple slices on the dough, overlapping one another. Make sure the top (skin side) of the slices sticks a little out of the strip. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Fold up the bottom part of the dough.
• Starting from one end, carefully roll the dough, keeping the apple slices in place. Seal the edge at the end, pressing with your finger, and place in a regular muffin cup. No need to grease the muffin mold if it's silicone. Otherwise, make sure to grease with butter and flour (or spray).
• Do the same for all 6 roses. Bake at 375°F (190°C) for about 40-45 minutes, until fully cooked. NOTES: Make sure the pastry is fully cooked on the inside before removing the roses from the oven! If after the first 30 minutes the apples start to burn on top, move the pan to a lower rack of the oven and finish baking. You can also cover loosely with aluminum foil for these last 10-15 minutes, to avoid burning the top. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy!
• These are best eaten right after baking, when still warm and crisp. They can be stored in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to two days. Or in the refrigerator for up to three days. You can always warm them up for a few minutes by placing in the oven before serving.

APPLE ROSE PUFFED PASTRIES

Steps:

• Remove puffed pastries from freezer and thaw according to package
• Slice the apples in half from top to bottom
• Remove the core ends and then scoop out the core in the center
• Slice the apples into very thin slices
• Fill a medium sized bowl half full of water
• Squeeze the lemon juice into the water.
• Place the sliced apples in the water and microwave for 5 minutes until slightly tender.
• Drain the apples into a colander.
• When pastries are thawed, place them flat on a floured surface.
• Roll the pastries out with a rolling pin the flatten just a little more.
• Cut each pastry into 6 equal slices.
• One at a time, spoon apricot preserve mixture onto a slice of pastry.
• Place 7-9 apple slices along one half of the pastry slice with the peel side facing out.
• Fold the pastry in half to cover the apples.
• Starting on one end, roll the pastry and apples to the other end of the pastry.
• Place in a muffin tin.
• Continue with the other pieces of pastries until you have 12 apple roses.
• Place a pan of water on the bottom rack of oven so the bottom of pastries do not burn.
• Bake at 375 for 40 -45 minutes.

BAKED APPLE ROSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter 2 small ramekins (6 to 8 ounce) and dust with white sugar.
• Place apple slices on a plate, overlapping slightly if necessary. Microwave on High about 45 seconds just until slices have softened a bit. Cover plate with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel.
• Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Roll puff pastry sheet to less than 1/8-inch thickness. Using a pizza cutter, cut two 3-inch by 12-inch rectangles. Reserve remaining pieces for another use.
• Spread melted butter over dough; top with a generous amount of cinnamon-sugar. Place apple slices along 1 long edge of dough, about 1/4 inch beyond edge of dough, overlapping slices slightly. Fold bottom half of dough over the apple slices to form a long "folder" of dough with rounded edges of apple slices exposed.
• Beat egg and water together in a bowl. Paint surface of dough with egg wash. Sprinkle with more cinnamon-sugar, to taste.
• Starting from one end, roll dough not too tightly to form a rose-shaped pastry. Seal roll with end of dough strip.
• Transfer roses to prepared ramekins. Sprinkle with a little more cinnamon-sugar. Place ramekins directly on middle rack of preheated oven.
• Bake until well browned, about 45 minutes. Remove ramekins with tongs and place on baking sheet to cool 5 to 10 minutes. Remove apple roses from ramekins and finish cooling on rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

BAKED APPLE ROSES

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 375 degrees.
• - Put apple slices in microwave safe bowl. Fill bowl with water and juice from half a lemon. Use enough water to make sure apple slices are covered by water. Microwave for 3 minutes. This will soften the apple slices and make them more pliable for rolling up.
• - Next grab a sheet of puff pastry. Flour your board and roll out the puff pastry enough to make 6 strips at 3 inches wide. I scored and cut mine with a pizza wheel put you can use a knife.
• - In a bowl mix your favorite fruit preserves with a couple tablespoons of water. Then spoon out the preserves in the center of the strip of puff pastry.
• - Next place the apple slices long ways halfway on the strip. Keep adding slices until you reach the end. Then fold the puff pastry over the bottom of the apple slices.
• - Roll up the puff pastry and place in a greased muffin tin.
• - Bake the apple roses for 35-45 minutes.
• - Pull out of oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
• This would be such a beautiful dessert for any occasion, but I am definitely bookmarking it for Thanksgiving. I know my family will be so impressed by these (and it doesn't hurt that they'll think I spent a ton of time on them!).
• Have you tried making apple roses before? What flavor would you use? Blueberry, cherry, orange?.
• Inspiration for this video comes from: Cooking with Manuel.

BAKED APPLE ROSES

Steps:

• Slice Apple into thin slices. put in bowl with lemon juice and and water to cover. Microwave for 3 minutes.
• Roll out puff pastry - enough to make 6 strips 3 inches wide. Mix apricot jam with 2 tbsp water. Spread along centre of puff pastry.
• Place apple slices along the top of the strip, slightly overlapping. Sprinkle over some cinnamon. Fold over the bottom of the pastry.
• Roll up pastry and put in a muffin tin. Bake for 35 - 45 mins. Allow to cool.