Here in the Netherlands, you will find many supermarkets selling Appelflappen. This is a puff pastry filled with apples. My husband usually buys it but I thought: Hé, let me make it myself! I am not even sure how to pronounce it if you're not Dutch. I think if you are American or British and try to pronounce Appelflappen, I would laugh.
I love the crispy and shiny look from the outside and the soft inside. The best appelflappen are the ones that is made in our own kitchen. I usually don't eat appelflappen but homemade is really addictive I have to say. I just ate 3 appelflappen :-(. It's really dangerous!
4 Braeburn apples
Frozen puff pastry sheets
1 small Cinnamon pipe
1 large egg
60 gram brown sugar
Pre-heat oven at 200 degrees Celsius. Peel the apples and remove the cores. Then cut the apples it small cubes.
Take a pan, add a bit of butter and melt the butter. Stir the apple pieces together with a tablespoon of brown sugar and a cinnamon pipe for a few minutes. Drain the apples and pat dry with a paper towel.
While waiting for the apple pieces to cool down, you can already take out the frozen puff pastry sheets fromt the freezer and thaw them separately.
Mix one egg and 60 gram brown sugar together.
Make some holes with a fork in the pastry sheet and place 1 spoon of apple pieces in the centre of the sheet.
Fold the pastry and close the edges with a fork. Make the fork wet first before pressing the edges with the fork.
Place the apple pastry in a baking sheet covered with non-stick parchment paper. Brush the pastry with the egg and sugar mix and place them in the oven for 15 minutes.
You have to wait about 15 minutes before you eat your appelflap because they can feel cold from the outside, they are still hot from the inside.
