THIS dish looks really impressive, but is in fact quite easy to make. Impress parents by offering it as a perfect Sunday lunch dessert.
Ingredients
Three eating apples
185g ready made puff pastry
Half a teaspoon of nutmeg
Two tablespoons of honey
1 beaten egg
Method
1. Set the oven to 220C/425F (Gas mark 7). Peel the apples, cut them into quarters and take away the core and pips.
2. Cut each quarter in half so that you have eight pieces from each apple.
3. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface until approx 3mm thick.
4. Take a small ovenproof dish and arrange apples in the bottom so they overlap. Pour the honey on and then sprinkle with nutmeg.
5. Carefully cover apples with the pastry, tucking the edges under the apples so it looks like an apple and pastry hill.
6. Brush pastry with beaten egg and put in oven for 20 minutes until pastry puffs up.
7. Allow to cool then run knife around edges to loosen. When cooled cover with a plate and flip. Serve with cream or ice cream.
* Stephen Benn is head chef at OSQA restaurant and deli, on Liverpool's Oldham Square