Recipe for Apple and Almond Pastries

Ingredients for Apple and Almond Pastries:
1 lb Pack chilled puff pastry
A little beaten
egg
3 x Red-skinned dessert apples
1 1/2 oz Butter, melted
1 tbl
Icing sugar
6 oz Marzipan

Apple and Almond Pastries preparation instruction:
1. Roll out the pastry on a lightly
floured surface 3mm (1/8 inch)
thick. Cut out 6 circles approximately 8cm
(3 inches) in diameter and place on a damp baking tray. Brush the pastry
circles with the beaten egg.
2. Roll out the marzipan and cut out 6
smaller circles approximately 6cm (21/2 inches) in diameter. Lay on top of
the pastry circles.
3. Core and quarter the apples. Slice each into
quarter into 3.
4. 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
minutes, until the pastry is golden.
5. Dredge with icing sugar and serve
warm or cold with creme fraiche or cream.
Note: Red-skinned dessert
apples look particularly attractive on this pastry. Good varieties to choose
would be Empire, Spartan or Red Delicious.
NOTES : Using chilled puff
pastry makes this impressive dessert or tea-time break quick and easy to
make.