Cooking Lesson #1006 St. Paddy’s Day Apple Duff Dessert

…from the Perspectives’ Kitchen

credit: chefwise

How you doin’? Tomorrow is the start of the Jewish holiday of Purim, and Monday is St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s a dessert that works for both… an apple tartlet and a Purim hamantaschen. This super easy economical apple dessert is perfect for a quick finish to a meal. Sweet, crispy, moist and kid-friendly. It’s a bit on the ugly side but the taste more than makes up for that.
 


My Apple Duff Dessert is delicious, hot or cold and even great for lunch boxes. It can baked ahead of time and be popped into the oven when you take the dinner out. Serve it with ice cream, yoghurt or just plain naked. It really doesn’t get any easier than this Apple Duff Dessert.
Give it a try, it’s the easiest home baked apple pastry dessert you can make.
 
Prep time:  15 minutes
Bake time:  15 to 20 minutes
Yield:  2 Apple Duffs
 
Ingredients 
1 crisp sour apple
5 teaspoons light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2-1/4 tablespoons raisins or sultanas
1-1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 sheet of puff pastry (I prefer Pepperidge Farms)
1 large egg yolk
2 tablespoons of water
2 small scoops of ice cream as a topping
 
Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 475° F.
2. Peel and core an apple.
3. Cut the apple in half around the middle.
4. Mix the sugar, cinnamon, raisins and butter.
5. Stuff the sugar mixture into the cored holes in the apples pressing in firmly.
6. Cut pastry sheets in half and place an apple half on each half of pastry.
7. Gather the edges of pastry up and squash the edges enclosing the apple.
8. Give the stuffed pastry a good squeeze all over to expel air and ensure a good seal.
9. Whisk the egg yolk and water to make an egg wash.
10. Brush the tops of the filled pastry with egg wash.
11. Bake 15-20 minutes in 475°F degree oven until crispy brown all over.
12. Serve with custard, cream, ice cream, yoghurt or just plain naked.

ChefSecret:  I prefer to use tart green apples… after all it is St. Patrick’s Day.

Quip of the Day:  What do you get when two leprechauns have a conversation? A lot of small talk.
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