Name: Millefeuille apple pastries
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 3 large apples; 1/4 cup sugar; 3/4 cup water; 1/4 cup custard powder; 3 puff pastry sheets; icing sugar for dusting; 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves; cream for serving

Ingredients

3 large apples

1/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup water

1/4 cup custard powder

3 puff pastry sheets

icing sugar for dusting

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

cream for serving

Method

1.Peel apples, cut in half and remove cores. Chop apples roughly. Place in a saucepan with sugar and 1/4 cup water. Simmer very gently until thick and pulpy.

2.Mix remaining water and custard powder together. Stir into apple mixture until mixture is very thick. Cool. Place pastry sheets on an oven tray. Bake at 220C for 10 minutes or until golden.

3.Place a second oven tray on top of pastry and cook for a further 5 minutes. Spread half of the apple mixture on to one pastry sheet. Place second pastry sheet on top of apple and spread with remaining apple. Top with final pastry sheet.

4.Cut into six equal portions. Mix icing sugar and cloves together and sift over top of pastry. Serve with softly whipped cream.

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