Chaussons Aux Pommes

Serves: 2

Luisa Champlin

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

43

Spice

60

Sweetness

50

Sourness

44

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 tbsps

Butter

Directions:

1

Melt the butter in a saute pan

2

Add the apples, cover and cook for 10 minutes

3

Take off the lid, sprinkle over the granulated sugar, toss in the raisins, if using, and cook until the sugar caramelizes and coats the fruit (by now possibly a shaggy, golden mass, depending on the type of apples)

4

Taste

5

Depending on the sweetness of the fruit, you may want a squirt of lemon for balance

6

Roll the pastry out to a large square, about 1/4-inch/5 mm thick

7

Cut into 4 squares, then roll each one to make it slightly rectangular (not that shape matters one bit)

8

Spoon the fruit mixture over half of each pastry, leaving a 1 cm/5 mm margin

9

Brush the margins with the egg wash

10

Fold the pastry over the filling and press the edges to seal

11

Set on a damp baking sheet

12

Slash the top of each pastry with a knife

13

Brush with more egg wash and let rest in the refrigerator for 15 minutes

14

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F/220 degrees C

15

Bake the pastries for 10 minutes

16

Lower the oven temperature to 375 degrees F/190 degrees C and continue baking until golden, puffed up and brown, 10 to 15 minutes longer

17

Cool slightly on a wire rack and serve dusted with confectioners' sugar