What I like about it’s simplicity is the fact that you can make this dessert on the day you would like to serve it. Pastry dough desserts are the best on the day they are baked, so give it a try.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Pastry dough – home-made of store-bought.
- Apple -your favorite apple dessert apple. Mine is Honeycrisp or Granny Smith.
- Raisins – you can also use dried apricots or cranberries (if you want to be more seasonal).
- Sugar
- Corn starch – Will catch some of the liquid.
- Cinnamon
- Egg – the ‘glue’ that keeps the dessert together, and it adds shine and a golden color.
How to Make Applecarrés for Two
Step 1 – Make the apple filling by mixing the apple (peeled and cut in small cubes), raisins, sugar, corn starch and cinnamon.
Step 2 – Cut a sheet of pastry dough in half and roll that half a little longer and wider.
Put the remaining half back in the freezer.
Step 3 – Fold the pastry dough in half and punch the seam at each edge. This way you know what the middle is.
Fold it back open and cut slits in one half of the pastry dough, leaving about 1/2-inch border and 1/2-inch between slits.
Step 4 – Place the apple mixture on the uncut half, again leaving about 1/2-inch border. Brush the border surrounding the apple filling with egg wash.
Step 5 – Fold the half with the slits over the apple filling. Press down on the border with your fingers and solidify that by using a fork. Brush the entire applecarré with egg wash.
Place the applecarré on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper and transfer to a 400 degrees F. oven.
Step 6 – Bake the applecarré for 25-30 minutes or until pastry dough is brown and crispy.
Take applecarré out of the oven and allow to cool.
This apple dessert is best enjoyed on the day of baking. You can eat it warm or cooled or any temperature in between. Cut the applecarré in half and you have a 1-person portion.
Enjoy !
Applecarrés for Two
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- 1/2 sheet pastry dough
- 1/4 apple, Honeycrisp or Granny Smith
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 1/2 tablespoon corn starch
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Peel the apple can cut into small cubes. (NOTE 1)
- Ina bowl, mix the apple, raisins, sugar, corn starch and cinnamon and set aside.
- Cut a sheet of pastry dough in half and roll that half a little longer and wider. (NOTE 2)
- Fold the pastry dough in half and punch the seam at each edge. This way you know what the middle is.Fold it back open and cut slits in one half of the pastry dough, leaving about 1/2-inch border and 1/2-inch between slits.
- Place the apple mixture on the uncut half, again leaving about 1/2-inch border. Brush the border surrounding the apple filling with egg.
- Fold the half with the slits over the apple filling. Press down on the border with your fingers and solidify that by using a fork. Brush the entire applecarré with egg.
- Place the applecarré on the baking sheet and transfer to the oven.
- Bake the applecarré for 25-30 minutes or until pastry dough is brown and crispy.
- Take applecarré out of the oven and allow to cool.
- Cut in half and enjoy!
Notes
- You only need 1/4 apple for this recipe. Please don’t throw the rest away. You can eat it (most of us don’t eat enough fruit) in the spirit of ‘an apple a day, keeps the doctor away’ or you can use it in apple sauce or a salad.
- Place the other half of the pastry dough back in the freezer or use it to make savory snacks or another applecarré, so you have a dessert for 2 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.