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7 January 2004 - Easy Peasy Apple Pastry My friend Anne asked for this recipe this afternoon, so I thought I'd add it today... I love apple pie but my pastry is simply not up to snuff, especially when compared with my mother's, who has been baking pies for over forty years now (and can most likely make delicious pastry in her sleep). So I thought puff pastry might be a good idea and I had a recipe for Apple Galette that I had found in a Martha Stewart cookbook that used puff pastry as a base. Since we were having that party on Saturday I thought why not go for broke and make the puff pastry myself? Yeah. Right. I found a few rather intricate and complicated recipes for the pastry and almost gave up when I came across Martha's recipe for Quick Puff Pastry on her website. It was so simple that I doubt I'll ever buy frozen puff pastry again (well, maybe I will...it does take a great deal less time and elbow grease). Using the Apple Galette recipe as a "base" I made the pastry and added the apples to the crust once it was rolled out and in the pan. I sprinkled the apples with sugar and tiny pats of butter. I baked it and let it cool, waiting to make the caramel topping. I never made the caramel topping, actually; I ran out of time and energy. I just sprinkled the pie with some confectioner's sugar and served this Apple Pastry with whipped cream. It was quite good -- really light, and thus went well with the rich chocolate cake I had already made, also for dessert. |