Puff pastry bundles with apple heart

Puff pastry bundles with apple heart are a tasty and relatively simple dessert to prepare. Here’s how you make them:

Ingredients

• 1 roll of rectangular puff pastry
• 2 apples (Golden or Renette)
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
• 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
• 1 egg yolk for brushing
• Icing sugar for decoration

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. Peel the apples, remove the core and cut them into small pieces. Put them in a bowl with lemon juice, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Mix well.
3. Roll out the puff pastry and cut it into squares of about 10 cm on each side.
4. Place some of the apple filling in the center of each square of puff pastry.
5. Fold the puff pastry over the filling to form a triangle or a bundle, sealing the edges with the tines of a fork.
6. Brush the bundles with beaten egg yolk to give them a nice golden color during baking.
7. Bake the bundles on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper for about 20 minutes or until golden.
8. Let the bundles cool before dusting them with icing sugar.

Fun Facts

Apple bundles are a dessert that is well suited both as an end-of-meal treat and as a sweet snack during the day. Originating from the French pastry tradition, they have spread to various cultures and are often personalized with the addition of local ingredients, such as dried fruit or typical spices.

I hope you like this recipe and that you can try it out soon!