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Apple And Almond Sponge Recipe


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Ingredients
  • A little beaten egg
  • 1 tb Icing sugar
  • 3 Red-skinned dessert apples
  • 6 oz Marzipan
  • 1 lb Pack chilled puff pastry
  • 1 1/2 oz Butter; melted

Directions
  • Step #1 1.
  • Step #2 Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface 3mm (1/8 inch) thick.
  • Step #3 Cut out 6 circles approximately 8cm (3 inches) in diameter and place on a damp baking tray.
  • Step #4 Brush the pastry circles with the beaten egg.
  • Step #5 2.
  • Step #6 Roll out the marzipan & cut out 6 smaller circles approximately 6cm (21/2 inches) in diameter.
  • Step #7 Lay on top of the pastry circles.
  • Step #8 3.
  • Step #9 Core & quarter the apples.
  • Step #10 Slice each into quarter into 3.
  • Step #11 4.
  • Step #12 Arrange apple slices on the marzipan, brush with melted butter and bake in a preheated oven 220?C/425?F/Gas Mark 7 for 15 mins, until the pastry is golden.
  • Step #13 5.
  • Step #14 Dredge with icing sugar & serve warm or cold with creme fraiche or cream.
  • Step #15 Note: Red-skinned dessert apples look particularly attractive on this pastry.
  • Step #16 Good varieties to choose would be Empire, Spartan or Red Delicious.
  • Step #17 --.
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