Apple Rose Tart

Easter is just around the corner.   In Germany, there is a tradition to have Easter brunch after attending a church ceremony.  Family  gathers together around the perfect arranged table.  The table will be beautifully decorated with fresh flower, Easter decoration and of course hard-boiled, painted Easter eggs.

While I´m looking for some recipes in the internet, I stumbled upon apple rose tart.  I was so excited, not just because it is very easy to make, but this dish can be used also as a decoration on the table. 

So for you guys, who are looking for something simple to serve on Easter. This is the one.

Apple Rose Tarts 
Serve: 15-18 pieces

Ingredients:
For the dough: 

250 gr plain flour
125 gr butter, cold
75 gr caster sugar
1/4 tsp salt
9 tbsp (75ml) ice cold water
or
1 sheet of -ready to use- puff pastry ( I got the size of : 25 x 38 cm ) or frozen puff pastry (thawed)

For the apple rose: 
4 apples (Braeburn, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady or apple of your choice) *
4 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
200 ml water ( or apple juice ( don´t forget to halve the sugar amount))

Additional :
Mini cake case (base width of 31 mm)
or
Muffin tin


Cooking method:
For pastry base: 

•  Combine flour, sugar and salt then stir well. 
•  Add butter and mix well. 
•  Add ice cold water gradually and stir well until a dough is formed 
•  Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill it for at least 30 minutes.* 
•  On a well floured surface, roll out the dough with floured pastry roller to about 3-5 mm thick and cut off the rough edges to have a rectangular shape.  
•  Then cut the dough into strips, about 2 cm wide and 25 cm in length.

or the easy way:
Unfold or roll out the puff pastry sheet and then cut into strips about 2 cm wide.

1.  After the pastry strips are ready, preheat the oven to 180°C/356°F.
2.  Cut apples in half, remove core and cut into thin slices.
3.  Place brown sugar, cinnamon and water (or apple juice) in a saucepan. 
     Then bring to boil.
4.  Transfer the apple slices into saucepan, cook for about 2-3 minutes to make the apple 
     slices soft but not soggy. 
5.  Once the apple slices soften, remove them immediately from the saucepan onto a 
     plate. 
6.  To make the rose petal; 

• Prepare the pastry strip and the cooled apple slices.
• Place the first slice on the pastry strip, the next slice should overlap the first by half. 
• Continue in this manner until the strip covered with apple slices. (My pastry strip 2 x 25 cm, it should be 7-8 apple slices)
• Roll up the pastry strip gently to form a rose shape.

7.  Transfer each rose into mini cake case or muffin tin.
8.  Bake the apple rose tart in preheated oven (180°C/356°F) for about 15-18 min.

Enjoy it, while it is still warm.

Note: 
*. The perfect apple for this recipe should have sweet and tart flavour such as Braeburn, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady and Granny Smith apple. 

But I don´t recommend the granny smith apple, because the rose won´t be so pretty in comparison to other apple that I´ve mentioned. If you don´t bother about the color, you can use the granny smith apple, because the taste is just the same. 

 

As you can see here, tart with Braeburn apple on the left side and with Granny Smith apple on the right side

*. The Red delicious apple won´t give you the same result, because this apple; doesn´t have tart flavour (not intense enough), the texture is too mealy, the skin is thick and bitter.

*. You can spare time by making the dough the day before, just make sure you wrap it tightly. 


Let me know, if you try this recipe:)