Apple Roses is a recipe that I have seen quite often while browsing the net lately. I even watched a few short videos and find it fascinating that so few ingredients can create something so strikingly beautiful. I decided to try it myself using the method below and… well, you can see the result for yourself!

Ingredients for 6 apple roses:

• 275 g puff pastry sheets
• 50 g apricot jam
• 2 apples
• ½ lemon
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ½ tsp sunflower oil – for greasing the muffin tin
• Powdered sugar, for sprinkling

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 175ºC and grease a muffin tin.
2. Core the apples and cut them into thin slices.
3. Fill a large bowl with cold water and squeeze in the lemon. Pop the apple slices in.
4. Put the bowl of apples in the microwave for three minutes, then strain the water out.
5. Place the apricot jam in a small bowl. Add the cinnamon and the sugar, then stir.
6. Unroll the sheet of puff pastry. Roll it out lightly with a rolling pin and cut it into six equal slices.
7. Spread each slice of pastry with the jam, and then place the apple slices along the top, skin side up.
8. Fold over the remaining dough to cover the bottom half of the apples, and roll the pastry up to create an apple rose. 
9. Place the apple roses in a pre-greased muffin baking tin and bake for about 45 minutes.
10. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cooling.

Good appetite!