Pastries Recipes - Jalousie Recipe

Ingredients

SERVES 4-6

• 25g/1oz butter (plus extra for greasing)

• 50g/2oz brown sugar

• 450g/1lb apples (peeled, cored and cubed)

• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

• 25g/1oz sultanas

• 350g/12oz puff pastry

• 1 egg (lightly beaten, to glaze)

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas mark 7. Lightly grease a baking tray and line with baking parchment. 

2. Melt the butter and sugar in a frying pan. Add the apples, lemon zest and lemon juice. Cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the apples are cooked and the mixture is dark and syrupy.

3. Stir in the nutmeg, cinnamon and sultanas. Cool completely. Cut the block of puff pastry in half.

4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one half of the pastry to a 24 x 18cm/10 x 7in rectangle. Spread the fruit mixture on , to the pastry, leaving a 2.5cm/1in border.

5. Brush the edges lightly with the beaten egg. Roll the second half of the pastry on a lightly floured surface to a 25 x 18cm/10 x 7in rectangle.

6. Using a sharp knife, cut slashes in the pastry across its width, leaving a 2cm/3/4in border around the edge. Place over the fruit and press the edges together.

7. Glaze the top with egg. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until puffed and golden.