Apple cages

Name: Apple cages
Yield: 2 pax.
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 tbsp sugar; 2 pcs Apples; 2 tbsp sugar; 2 tbsp cinnamon powder; 1 tbsp melted butter/ margarine; 1 egg for Egg washing; Puff pastry dough. Kindly Refer to my No 31 recipe

liz Ngugi. @cook_9934835

Kiambu.

The crunchness and the No of layers that you get out of your puff matters alot. This was super fine. Only those who were around can tell the story.

liz Ngugi. @cook_9934835

Kiambu.

The crunchness and the No of layers that you get out of your puff matters alot. This was super fine. Only those who were around can tell the story.

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Ingredients

2 pax.

2 tbspsugar
2 pcsApples
2 tbspsugar
2 tbspcinnamon powder
1 tbspmelted butter/ margarine
1egg for Egg washing
Puff pastry dough. Kindly Refer to my No 31 recipe

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Steps

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Pre heat your oven at 190 degrees.
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Grease your baking tray.
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Make a paste of sugar, cinnamon n melted butter or margarine.
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Peel 1 pc of apple and cut it into 2 pcs. coat those 2 pcs with your already prepared cinnamon paste n set aside.
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Cut your puff pastry into square or rectangle shape. Can do round as well. Just not too big not too small. Make sure they are in pairs.
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Place one cut on your working service, make some nice cuts. widen the cuts using your hands.
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Place your coated 1 pc of apple on top of your puff. You may opt to egg wash the edges so that the other partner may stick.
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Place the other partner of the cut on top of the apple n cover it. Also widen the cuts using your hands.
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Once on top, make sure the edges are equal. Using a fork, make some nice designs on the edges as you also stick them together.
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Repeat this procedure with all your pairs that you had prepared.
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Egg wash all of them then arrange them in your baking tray.
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Bake for 20 mins or till they turn Golden brown.
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Once brown, remove them from the oven, give them some time to cool in the baking tray then transfer to your service plate ready to be served. Dice or slice the apple that you left behind for garnishing or for plate presentation.
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Enjoy them with a cold beverage.
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NOTE; WITH PUFF PASTRY, YOU CAN MAKE ALL TYPES OF PIES E.g MEAT PIE, CHICKEN PIE, PINEAPPLE PIE etc. ALSO SAUSAGE WRAPS, SAUSAGE ROLLS, STRAWBERRY TOWERS N SPINACH FETA.
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Meat pies.
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Sausage rolls.
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Sausage wraps..
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Spinach Feta...
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Apple cages...
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Strawberry towers...
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Different kind of sausage wraps...NOTE...Wraps comes in different designs. Just a matter of being creative n come up with a design that leaves you wondering whether you are the one who did that.
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Enjoy Making and Working with PUFF PASTRY. All the best.